NEW DELHI: While opposing the bail application of former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in the TRP manipulation case, the state informed the Bombay high court that Dasgupta had rigged TV ratings since 2017 in connivance with the anchor of a news channel and had also silenced an employee who had raised objections to the sudden spike in the
Read more about TRP case: Bombay High Court reserves verdict on ex-BARC CEO s bail plea on Business Standard. The Bombay High Court on Tuesdayreserved its verdict on the bail plea filed by former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the TRP scam.During the day s hearing, Mumbai police opposed the bail plea with special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray
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Partho Dasgupta was arrested from Pune on December 24, 2020, and is currently lodged in the Taloja Central Jail.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a bail plea filed by Partho Dasgupta, former chief executive officer of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who is an accused in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case.
A single bench of justice PD Naik was hearing Mr. Dasgupta’s plea filed under section 439 (special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It sought bail on merits as the charge sheet in the case has been filed.
Former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta rigged the "entire" TRP system for news channels and also discussed issues of national security with "a certain owner cum news anchor" on Whatsapp, the Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court on Monday.
Former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta rigged the entire TRP system for news channels and also discussed issues of national security with a certain owner cum news anchor on Whatsapp, the Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court on Monday. Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray told a single-judge bench presided over by Justice PD Naik that Dasgupta was directly involved in manipulating Television Rating Points (TRPs) with the help of other accused persons. Hiray, who was opposing Dasgupta s bail plea in the HC, said the crime branch of the Mumbai police had accessed, among other things, Dasgupta s WhatsApp chats with a certain owner and anchor of a TV channel where in he discussed manipulating the TRPs.