‘GOOD BEHAVIOUR’ BOND DEMANDED FROM ARNAB GOSWAMI

‘GOOD BEHAVIOUR’ BOND DEMANDED FROM ARNAB GOSWAMI

16^th November 2020

Mumbai Police has issued a show-cause notice to Republic TV Stakeholder Goswami, alleging that remarks were made during the Palghar lynching case and the Bandra migrants incident, which were communally provocative in nature.

The assistant commissioner of police (Worli division) acts as an Executive Magistrate under Section 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code Code. Under that section, the police can demand “security for good behaviour” from a person suspected of acts like the publication of materials affecting communal harmony.

Goswami has been asked to present himself before the Special Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Worli Division. 

The notice was issued to show cause why he should not be asked to furnish the said bond to the amount of Rs 10 lakh for the duration of one year along with one guarantor who should be well-known in society and who can have control over his behaviour.