West Bengal: Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Republic Bangla Journalist Arrested In Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (22 February) granted bail to a television journalist arrested by the West Bengal police in the violence-hit Sandeshkhali area.

The court also ordered a stay on further proceedings in the case registered against Santu Pan, a journalist working with the Republic Bangla, at Sandeshkhali police station.

The bail was granted to Pan by Calcutta HC Justice Kausik Chanda on petition moved by the Republic TV journalist.

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Pan was arrested on late Monday (19 February) evening and was remanded to police custody for three days by a local court in North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday (20 February).

Pan was reportedly arrested on the basis of a complaint by a woman alleging that he had trespassed into her house.

He was charged under the Indian Penal Code’s (IPC) sections 447 (criminal trespass), 448 (house trespass), 354 (outraging modesty of a woman), 354C (any man who watches or captures a woman engaging in a private act), 509 (insulting modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation).

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