"suicide-case"

The bench also said the Supreme Court, high courts and lower courts must be alive to the misuse of criminal law by the state machinery.

A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee, which ordered that the accused shall not try to meet any witness in the case, said their release should not be delayed

The Bombay High Court had on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Arnab Goswami and two others in connection with the case and directed him to approach a lower court to seek bail.

The HC noted that the petitioner (Goswami) has the remedy under law to approach the sessions court concerned and seek regular bail.

In 2018, the architect and his mother committed suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Republic TV, police said.