Delhi High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Journalist Varun Hiremath Accused Of Rape Share This - Varun Hiremath, ET anchor (Image Courtesy : Indian Express) A single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta today granted interim protection from arrest to Mumbai TV journalist Varun Hiremath who has been accused in a rape case, on the condition that he shall join the investigation whenever required. A Delhi Court earlier issued non-bailable warrant against Hiremath, with the police moving a file before the Delhi Police Headquarters for a proposed reward announcement on his arrest. In March, a Delhi Court had rejected the ET Now anchor's anticipatory bail application in the rape case of a 22-year old, observing, "So far as the question about consent or no consent, if the woman states in her evidence before court that she did not consent, the court shall presume that she did not consent."