Arnab Goswami denied bail by Bombay High Court in 2018 suicide case

The hearing on Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami's interim bail plea before the Bombay High Court remained incomplete on Friday. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik said they would continue the hearing on Saturday because of lack of time.

"We will assemble for this matter specially tomorrow noon," the court said.

Goswami was arrested from his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday and taken to Alibaug, where a case has been registered against him for alleged 2018 abetment of suicide of architect Anvay Naik and his mother over non-payment of dues by Goswami''s firm.

The journalist has been remanded in judicial custody till November 18. Goswami is presently lodged in a school in Alibaug which is designated as a COVID-19 centre for the Alibaug jail.