Arnab Goswami's Habeas Plea Against His Arrest In 2018 Abetment To Suicide Case -LIVE UPDATES From Bombay High Court

Aggarwal : Only three names are given in the suicide name. This is the only basis for FIR. They are three different persons, three different businessmen. Section 34(common intention) is also invoked along with 306. Three strangers and common intention?

Aggarwal : The Court has the power to give interim relief if I can prima facie show a good case.

Justice Shinde : Mr. Agarwal, please don't expect that petitions are filed on one day and disposed of the next day without hearing the other side.

Justice Shinde says that in a habeas corpus petition, the court can issue only relief of habeas order in case of illegal detention.

Agarwal says that the Writ Petition seeks the quashing of FIR, and also an interim application seeking bail also moved.

Adv Vijay Agarwal submits he won't repeat any submissions made by Salve or Ponda.

The FIR is under Section 306 and 34(common intention) IPC. The accused has been tagged along with Arnab Goswami, a stranger to him : Agarwal.

The bench now takes up the petition of M S Shaikh, a co-accused in the abetment to suicide case in which #ArnabGoswami has been arrested.

Kamat says he will take instructions in 15-20 minutes.

Justice Shinde to Kamat:  The person(Hansa) should not be unnecessarily harassed. Make arrangements for calling them only on specific dates. Get instructions on that.

There are materials against the accused. The allegations of C S Vaidyanathan are not fair : Kamat for Mumbai Police Commissioner 

Senior Adv Devadatt Kamat for the Mumbai Police Commissioner submits that the petitioner(Hansa) is playing "hide and seek" with the Court.