The Asianet News journalists who had been booked over an allegedly fake interview have been granted anticipatory bail by a court in Kerala’s Kozhikode, according to Bar and Bench.
“They (petitioners) are officials of a news channel and they are apprehending that they will be put in jail for broadcasting a news item. In a democratic country like India, which gives liberty to the fourth estate, which is the press and media, media personnel cannot be put in jail alleging criminal offenses,” said special judge Priya K on Saturday.
