New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court has stayed a Telangana High Court order that permitted the state police to take two women journalists into custody, despite their being granted bail in a case involving an alleged objectionable video against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order after hearing Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner-journalists.
During the hearing, Dave argued that once bail is granted, police custody cannot be sought unless the bail is formally cancelled.
He submitted that while the police are entitled to call an accused for investigation, taking them into custody while bail remains operative is impermissible in law....