Supreme Court pronounces judgement on Arnab Goswami's bail

In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court on Friday pronounced its detailed reasoning for granting interim bail to Republic Media Network's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in a 'reopened' abetment to suicide case.

On November 11, the top court had granted interim bail to Goswami saying it will be ''travesty of justice'' if personal liberty is curtailed.

A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud will pronounce its reasoning in its verdict today.

Expressing concern over State governments targeting some individuals on the basis of ideology and difference of opinion, a vacation bench headed by Justice Chandrachud had said that the submissions of the lawyers appearing in the matter before it would be "evaluated in the judgment for which reasons shall follow".

It had said that if state governments target individuals, they must realise then that there is an apex court to protect the liberty of citizens.

The top court had granted interim bail to two others in the case -- Neetish Sarda and Feroz Mohammad Shaikh -- on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each and directed that they shall not tamper with the evidence and shall cooperate in the probe It had said that the Bombay High Court 'was in error' in rejecting the pleas filed by Goswami and these two persons seeking interim bail in the case.