SC extends Arnab’s interim bail, says criminal law can’t be used as weapon

The Supreme Court on Friday said the interim bail to journalist Arnab Goswami and two others in an abetment to suicide case will continue till the Bombay High Court disposes of their plea, and stated that the judiciary should ensure criminal law does not become a weapon for selective harassment.

The apex court had granted interim bail to Goswami on November 11, saying it will be ”travesty of justice” if personal liberty is curtailed.

A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud on Friday gave reasons for granting relief to the TV anchor and two others in the case.

It said Goswami’s interim bail shall be operative for another four weeks from the day the high court decides his pending plea in the 2018 abetment to suicide case.