Alleged Ratings Scam: Partho Dasgupta has been asked to submit his passport. (File)
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Broadcast Audience Research Council s (BARC) former CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the alleged Television Rating points (TRP) rigging scam.
Justice P D Naik granted bail to Mr Dasgupta, 55, on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and two solvent sureties of the same amount. The bail plea is allowed. The applicant (Dasgupta) shall be released on bail after furnishing a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and two sureties of the same amount, the High Court said.
The court allowed him to furnish a temporary cash surety of the same amount for a period of six weeks, until which he would have to submit the solvent sureties.
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Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 03:10 pm A file photo of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. | Partho Dasgupta via Twitter
Former head of the Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta on Monday told the Bombay High Court that the purported WhatsApp exchanges between him and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami were mere “loose talks” and that he should not be kept in detention on the basis of the chats, reported
Bar and Bench.
Dasgupta made the submission before a bench of Justice PD Naik, which was hearing the former media executive’s bail plea. The Mumbai Police had arrested Dasgupta in connection with its investigation into the Television Ratings Point scam on December 24. The police have alleged that Goswami bribed Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up Republic TV’s viewership.