KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Monday declined to issue an order directing police not to arrest the accused employees of a Malayalam Television channel that allegedly honey trapped former transport minister AK Saseendran.
Though the petitioner sought a directive not to arrest the petitioners, the court said that it could only record the submission of prosecution if it undertook that the petitioners will not be arrested. But the director general of prosecution C Sreedharan Nair submitted that it will not give any assurance in this regard.
The court adjourned hearing of the case to Thursday and had issued the order while considering the petition filed by R Ajith Kumar, chief executive officer of the channel, and eight others seeking anticipatory bail.
The police had served notice to employees asking them to appear before the Special Investigation Team. The petitioners submitted that they apprehend arrest in the case.
NCP leader AK Saseendran had resigned as Transport minister after the TV Channel aired a lewd phone conversation between him and an unidentified lady in connection with its launch.
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