Freedom of press indispensable to democracy: Calcutta High Court while granting anticipatory bail to journalist

The Court was told that the journalist was falsely implicated in a criminal case after he took videos of illegal mining activities.

Calcutta High Court

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23 Jan 2024, 4:00 am

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Freedom of the press is indispensable to democracy, observed the Calcutta High Court recently while granting anticipatory bail to a journalist who was booked in an extortion case after he shot videos on illegal mining [Ranjit Das vs State of West Bengal].

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Calcutta High Court

Democracy

Freedom of Press

Justice Debangsu Basak

Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi