The matter was brought before a court headed by Judge DY Chandrachud, who said the sentences in the petition were “all ambitious.”
“This request is ambitious in nature. You want Maharashtra Police do not arrest any employees and transfer cases to CBI. I better remove this, ”Judge Chandrachud told lead defender Milind Sathe, who appeared for ARG Outlier Media.
Sathe told the court that they had filed the petition to prevent the Maharashtra police from “harassing” their media network, their editor-in-chief. Arnab goswami and its employees.
“You have sought all the relays and these cannot be considered in a single request,” the bank said, after which Sathe said it would withdraw the statement.
The higher court allowed Sathe to withdraw the petition freely to take the appropriate remedies available under the law.
In addition to seeking protection for the media group, Goswami and its employees, the petition said that the Maharashtra government should be prevented from “harassing” them and all FIRs filed against them from being overturned or transferred to the CBI.
The petitioner had also said that there should be a CBI investigation against the state and its police in the matter for bringing various cases against the media group and its employees.
He had also asked for instructions for the Maharashtra police not to arrest any editors or other members of the media group’s staff.
Mumbai Police had recorded a case in the alleged TV Rating Points (TRP) manipulation scam and Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had claimed that three channels including Republic TV, had manipulated the PRT.
ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd has denied these allegations.
The alleged fraud came to light when BARC, an organization that measures TRP, filed a complaint about it through Hansa Research Group Pvt Ltd, police had said.
In addition to this, there are other pending cases in Maharashtra against Goswami.
On November 27, the high court had extended provisional bail for Goswami and two others for up to four weeks after the Bombay high court decided their allegations to vacate an FIR in the 2018 suicide aiding case, saying the The judiciary must ensure that criminal law does not become a weapon for targeted harassment.
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