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Published on: 11 December 2022 at 22:25 IST
In Tandav Webseries Row Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Amazon Prime Video’s India head Aparna Purohit in FIRs lodged.
Supreme Court bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh granted the relief after noting that Purohit has been cooperating in the investigation.
Supreme Court bench while hearing this matter said, “In view of the statement made, we confirm the interim order and direct that in the event of the appellant Aparna Purohit being arrested, she shall be released on bail by the arresting officer/trial court on terms and conditions to be fixed by the trial court,”.
Appearing for Amazon Prime Video’s India, Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Sidharth Luthra, appearing for the petitioner, told the court that Purohit is cooperating in the investigation.
Supreme Court had earlier on March 5, 2021, granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video’s India head Aparna Purohit.
She has been accused of inappropriate depiction of Uttar Pradesh Police personnel, Hindu deities and an adverse portrayal of a character playing the prime minister in the web series.
Before this, Supreme Court, had declined to grant interim protection from any coercive action to Ali Abbas Zafar, director of the web series; Purohit; producer Himanshu Mehra; the show’s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
Supreme Court bench said they may seek bail from courts concerned in the FIRs lodged in connection with the web series.
