Will Arnab Goswami Get Interim Bail From Bombay High Court, Order At 3PM [Live-Updates]

'Rejection of interim application shall not be construed as an impediment to the petitioner seeking alternate remedies. Observations are prima facie in nature confined to the present application only', Justice Shinde the presiding judge says.

Bench clarifies that accused can approach the Sessions Court and the concerned court will decide the application in the time limit specified (4 days)

The bench clarifies that its observations are prima facie in the nature only for the purpose of deciding the interim application and will not apply to the application made by #ArnabGoswami seeking regular bail.

Bench clarifies that accused can approach the Sessions Court and the concerned court will decide the application in the time limit specified (4 days)

The bench says that it had made clear that alternate remedy is available to the petitioners. The bench says that it had also made clear that the case will not bar the alternate remedies of the petitioner.

Bench says no case made out for exercising extraordinary jurisdiction by the High Court.

Alternate remedy of regular bail is available : the bench says.

The bench had held a special sitting on Saturday from 12 noon to 6 PM to hear the case. Before that, the bench had heard the case on Thursday and Friday from 3 PM to 5 PM. It also heard Advocates Vijay Agarwal and Nikhil Mengde for the co-accused in the matter, Nitish Sarda and Praveen Rajesh Singh, respectively.

Ahead of the pronouncement of orders by the High Court, Arnab Goswami approached the Alibag Sessions Court seeking regular bail.