A report was published by The Wire, whose Founding-Editor is Mr. Varadarajan. The report, authored by journalist Ismat Ara and shared via Twittter by Mr. Varadarajan, claimed that the death of a certain farmer was due to the bullet fired from a policeman’s gun, and not, like the police were saying, due to the overturning of a tractor. An FIR was filed under the offences of comments prejudicial to national integration and of public mischief. Anticipating arrest, they applied for anticipatory interim bail/protection from the same.
The court granted them interim protection from arrest.
