No Relief for Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami Yet as HC Reserves Order on Bail Plea
News 18Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in an abetment of suicide case on November 4, failed to get any immediate relief on Saturday as the Bombay High Court reserved its order on his interim bail plea. Elsewhere, the Raigad sessions court said it will hear police’s appeal against a magistrate”s order denying them the custody of Goswami and two other accused on November 9. The high court was hearing petitions filed by Goswami, a high-profile TV journalist, and two other accused — Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda — seeking interim bail and challenging their “illegal arrest”. As the magistrate refused to remand them in police custody, the Alibaug police filed revision plea in the Raigad district court, which said earlier on Saturday that it will hear it on November 9. We do not want to undermine the authority of the sessions court which is empowered to hear regular bail plea,” Justice Shinde said.