Gurugram court denies anticipatory bail to news anchor Chitra Tripathi in POCSO case
The court had issued a non-bailable warrant for Chitra Tripathi on November 14.
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A Gurugram court denied anticipatory bail to news anchor Chitra Tripathi after an arrest warrant was issued against her in a 2013 case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Live Law reported on Thursday.
The non-bailable warrant was issued on November 14 as the court cancelled her bail for not appearing before it, The Indian Express reported. It had also rejected her plea for exemption from personal appearance in the proceedings.
The court had also issued a warrant for Syed Suhail, a news anchor working at another television channel, in the same matter.
Tripathi had sought an exemption citing her travel to Maharashtra to report on the recent Assembly elections. But the court had rejected her application, saying she had been taking the legal proceedings “quite lightly”, Live Law reported.
In her anticipatory bail plea, Tripathi’s counsel argued that as the vice president of television channel ABP News, she was in Maharashtra to interview politicians and was unable to appear in court.
To support her plea, her counsel submitted photos of her interviewing Maharashtra’s acting Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his former deputy Ajit Pawar, and her travel tickets.
The special public prosecutor opposed Tripathi’s anticipatory bail plea, arguing that the anchor could have requested an exemption after appearing in court, as her interviews with politicians would have been planned in advance.
The prosecutor also...
