Arnab Goswami granted interim bail by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to news anchor and Republic TV's editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in an abetment to suicide case. The Apex Court also asked the high courts to exercise their jurisdiction to uphold personal liberty.  the Supreme Court also directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to ensure the order is followed immediately. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, and also comprising Justice Indira Banerjee, said Arnab Goswami and two others accused should be released on interim bail on a bond of Rs 50,000.

During the hearing, the Supreme Court questioned the Maharashtra government over the 2018 abetment to suicide case against Arnab Goswami and said it would be a travesty of justice if personal liberty of a person is curtailed like this."We are seeing case after case where high courts are not granting bail and failing to protect personal liberty of people," the bench was quoted as saying by PTI while hearing Arnab Goswami's plea seeking interim bail in the case of alleged abetment to suicide of an interior designer in 2018.

Senior lawyer Harish Salve, who was representing Goswami, argued that the Power to re-investigation has been wrongly used. “We are well past the FIR stage. The FIR was lodged on May 5, 2018, and after this matter was investigate," he said. The bench expressed concern over state governments targeting “individuals on the basis of ideology, difference of opinion” and said that they must realise there is an apex court to protect liberty of citizens.