BHC gives anticipatory bail

IN Media Watch Briefs | 30/04/2017

The Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to journalist Poonam Agarwal and triple amputee war veteran Deepchand on 26 April in the Quint sting operation case. They were both charged under Section 3 and 7 of the Official Secrets Act and under the IPC for abetting suicide by police in Nashik Maharashtra. The case was registered after the body of gunner Roy Mathew was found inside an abandoned barrack, days after he featured in a sting operation by The Quint. It sought to expose the army's sahayak system.

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