Interim protection for Mumbai scribe accused of raping woman

• Friday | 9th April, 2021

New Delhi: On the run from cops in Delhi for over 50 days now, a Mumbai-based television journalist accused of raping a woman in a five-star hotel here, has now been granted interim protection from arrest by the Delhi High Court, following an anticipatory bail plea filed by the accused, appealing a previous trial court order rejecting a similar plea. However, the Delhi High Court said, "Petitioner be not arrested till the next date of hearing subject to him joining the investigation as and when directed." Justice Mukta Gupta issued notices and sought responses of Delhi Police and the complainant woman on journalist Varun Hiremath's plea seeking anticipatory bail in the case. Hiremath, represented through senior advocate Kapil Sibal, has approached the high court after his earlier anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by a trial court here on March 12. The 22-year-old woman in her complaint alleged she was raped by Hiremath at a five-star hotel in Chanakyapuri on February 20.