Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchadani granted bail in TRP manipulation case

A magistrate court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani, arrested in the TRP fraud case. Khanchandani, who was arrested on Sunday, was granted bail on cash surety of Rs 50,000 by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade in Mumbai.

This came after sessions court Judge D E Kothalikar on December 14 made observations while hearing Republic TV CFO S Sundaram’s anticipatory bail plea apprehending his arrest by Mumbai Police.

The sessions court took exception over the haste in which Mumbai Police arrested Khanchandani and expressed displeasure over the manner in which the police chose to arrest him a day before his plea for anticipatory bail was scheduled for hearing.