Arnab Goswami asks for release on bail prior to arrest in the second case | India News


MUMBAI: One day before the Supreme Court released him, Arnab goswami He also sought a pre-arrest bond with the Mumbai session court in connection with a case recorded by the city police for allegedly resisting. arrest and obstruction of public servants from fulfilling their official duty on November 4.
NM Joshi Marg in Mumbai filed a FIR against Republic TV’s Goswami, his wife, son and two other people last Wednesday for allegedly assaulting and trying to obstruct police officers when they arrived at his home in Lower Parel to arrest him in a 2018 case. His wife also requested a pre-arrest bond. An Alibaug police team had arrested Goswami in a case of alleged complicity in a suicide in May 2018 Anvay Naik, an interior designer who had worked in his television studio.

The police registered him and his wife under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code (assault or criminal force to dissuade a public servant from fulfilling his duty), Section 504 (intentional insult to cause breach of the peace and 506 (criminal intimidation) and under the Damage to Public Property Act. maximum penalty of two years in prison.
Although it is on the list for hearing on Wednesday before the court of sessions, it was postponed as the Supreme Court took possession of its challenge to HC’s rejection of provisional measures.

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