[Arnab Goswami's Plea Against His Arrest In 2018 Abetment To Suicide Case] Live Updates From Bombay High Court

Salve referring to the Supreme Court judgment in 'M Arjunan v State' which held mere use of abusive words for not paying back money borrowed will not amount to abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC.

Salve : You have commercial disputes with different people for over two years. You don't file a suit. You have creditors beating at your door. You kill yourself. There cannot be FIR for abetment to suicide for this.

Salve : The Magistrate had rightly accepted the closure report of the police in 2019.

Salve : No person even superficially familiar with law -(Sanjay) Raut is another matter- would hold these accused prima facie liable for abetment to suicide.

Salve : As per FIR, there is one accused who owed Naik more than Rs 4 crores. Arnab Goswami is alleged to be owing about Rs 83 lakhs.

Salve : The conduct for abetment to suicide must be "direct and proximate". 

Salve : Nobody has suggested that there was any personal relationship between the accused and the deceased. It was a commercial transaction.

Salve : Sanjay Raut said that if somebody is named in a suicide note, he should be put in jail. I won't blame Raut for not knowing the law. I will show to the Court some judgments.

Salve : Today C S Vaidyanathan (Hansa) told the Court that they are being asked by Mumbai Police to frame Republic and Arnab Goswami

Salve refers to the earlier FIRs registered against Arnab Goswami. There is a pattern, he says.

HC has protected him from arrest in two FIRs. The TRP case came after that.