Republic TV chief Vikas Khanchandani (Source: LinkedIn/Vikas Khanchandani)
A magistrate court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani, arrested in the TRP fraud case.
Khanchandani, who was arrested on Sunday, was granted bail on cash surety of Rs 50,000 by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade in Mumbai.
This came after sessions court Judge D E Kothalikar on December 14 made observations while hearing Republic TV CFO S Sundaram’s anticipatory bail plea apprehending his arrest by Mumbai Police.
The sessions court took exception over the haste in which Mumbai Police arrested Khanchandani and expressed displeasure over the manner in which the police chose to arrest him a day before his plea for anticipatory bail was scheduled for hearing. “What was the urgency to arrest him like this a day before, when the application was sub-judice?” the judge had asked Special Public Prosecutor Sishir Hirey.
Sessions court Judge D E Kothalikar made the observations while hearing Sundaram’s anticipatory bail plea apprehending his arrest by Mumbai Police. The court took exception over the haste in which the Mumbai Police arrested Khanchandani and expressed displeasure over the manner in which the police chose to arrest him a day before his plea for anticipatory bail was scheduled for hearing. “What was the urgency to arrest him like this a day before, when the application was sub-judice?” the judge asked Special Public Prosecutor Sishir Hirey.
Advocate Niranjan Mundargi, representing Sundaram, urged the court to protect his client till the court takes up his plea for hearing on Tuesday. He pointed out that Khanchandani was arrested in haste and expressed apprehension that the same action will be taken against Sundaram if no protection is granted by the court.