Supreme Court On Arnab Goswami's Interim Bail
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ITEM NO.2+3+4 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s).24646/2020
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 09-11-2020
in CRLAS No. 4278/2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at
Bombay)
ARNAB MANORANJAN GOSWAMI Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. Respondent(s)
WITH
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 24647/2020
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 24648/2020
Date : 11-11-2020 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Advocate
Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv
Mr. Abaad Ponda, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv.
Mr. Saket Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Vasanth Rajasekaran, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Adv.
Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Pradhan, Adv.
Mr. Biswadeep Chakravorty, Adv.
Ms. Madhavi Doshi, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Sambasivan, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Kajri Roy, Adv.
Ms. Chetna N. Rai, Adv.
Ms. Sheena Iype, Adv.
Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
Signature Not Verified
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Senior Advocate
Digitally signed by
Sanjay Kumar
Date: 2020.11.11
Ms. Rashi Bansal, AOR
17:00:10 IST
Reason: Ms. Esha Bhadoria, Advocate
Mr. Sameer Singh, Advocate
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Senior Advocate
Mr. Vijay Agarwal, Advocate
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Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Advocate
Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal AOR
Mr. Ishwar Nankni, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Kanodia, Advocate
Mr. Samir Ali Khan, Advocate
Mr. Mudit Jain, Advocate
Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Rao, Advocate
Mr. Ankit Kohli, Advocate
For Respondent(s) Mr. Kabil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Amit Desai, Sr. Adv.
Mr.Devdatta Kamat Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rahul Chitnis Adv.
Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR
Mr. Dipak Thakre, Adv.
Mr. Hemant Shah, Adv.
Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.
Mr. C. U. Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. F. I. Choudhury, AOR
Mr. Noor Ul Islam , Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Karnik, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1 Leave granted.
2 We have heard Mr Harish Salve, Mr Mukul Rohatgi, Mr Siddharth Bhatnagar and
Mr Gopal Sankaranarayanan, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the
appellants.
3 Mr Kapil Sibal, learned Senior Counsel appears on behalf of the State of
Maharashtra, Mr Amit Desai, learned Senior Counsel appears on behalf of the
second respondent and Mr C U Singh, learned Senior Counsel appears on behalf
of the fifth respondent.
4 Mr Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appears on behalf of the Union of
India.
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5 The third respondent, namely, the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai need not be
served separately having regard to the appearance by Mr Kapil Sibal and Mr
Amit Desai, respectively, for the State and for the investigating officer.
6 Arguments have been heard during the course of the day.
7 The appeals before this Court arise from the order of the Division Bench of the
High Court of Judicature at Mumbai dated 9 November 2020, by which the
applications for the grant of the interim bail moved by the appellants pending
the disposal of their writ petitions have been rejected.
8 The submissions of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the rival
contesting parties would be evaluated in the judgment for which reasons shall
follow. The judgment is reserved.
9 We are of the considered view that the High Court was in error in rejecting the
applications for the grant of interim bail. We accordingly order and direct that
Arnab Manoranjan Goswami, Feroz Mohammad Shaikh and Neetish Sarda shall
be released on interim bail, subject to each of them executing a personal bond in
the amount of Rs 50,000 to be executed before the Jail Superintendent. They
are, however, directed to cooperate in the investigation and shall not make any
attempt to interfere with the ongoing investigation or with the witnesses.
10 The concerned jail authorities and the Superintendent of Police, Raigad are
directed to ensure that this order is complied with forthwith.
11 A certified copy of this order shall be issued during the course of the day.
(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (ANITA RANI AHUJA)
AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
