Appearing for De, advocate Ratnanko Banerjee, said it was a fact that his client had provided 'wrong information' during a programme telecast on February 12. De had said that the state government did not oppose the bail prayers of TMC's Uttam Sardar, allegedly a close aide of Sheikh Shahjahan
Freedom of the press is indispensable to democracy, observed the Calcutta High Court recently while granting anticipatory bail to a journalist who was booked in an extortion case after he shot videos on illegal mining.
The Calcutta High Court has recently allowed a plea for anticipatory bail moved by a journalist working with ABP Ananda News, who was allegedly falsely implicated in criminal cases after having taken.