: SC upholds Jharkhand HC order granting interim bail to journalist Arup Chatterjee #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Jharkhand High Court’s order granting interim bail

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SC upholds Jharkhand HC order granting interim bail to journalist Arup Chatterjee #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Jharkhand High Court’s order granting interim bail to journalist Arup Chatterjee, Live Law reported on Monday.Chatterjee, a journalist with Ranchi-based channel News11 Bharat, was arrested on the intervening night between July 16 and 17 on charges of extortion, blackmail, cheating and conspiracy, according to Newslaundry. A businessman, Rakesh Kumar, accused the journalist of attempting to extort Rs 11 lakh from him, and of broadcasting fake news against him.On July 19, the High Court granted interim bail to the journalist while responding to a petition by his wife Baby Chatterjee. Subsequently, the Jharkhand government challenged the order in the Supreme Court.On Monday, a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli described the manner in which Chatterjee was arrested as “complete lawlessness� and said that it reflected an excess of state power.“You go to his house in midnight, pull him out of his bedroom…this is no way to treat a media journalist,� the court said.In July, Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi of the High Court had, in his order granting interim bail, noted that Chatterjee was arrested without following due procedure under Sections 41A, 80 and 81 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Section 41A states that in cases where a person does not need to be arrested, the...Read more

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