Kerala High Court grants bail to Reporter TV managing director

The Kerala High Court has granted bail to Anto Augustine, managing director of Reporter TV, in an alcohol possession case, The Hindu reports. Justice Kauser Edappagath granted the bail while hearing Augustine’s appeal against an order issued by the Judicial First Class Magistrate in Sulthan Bathery. The supplied material does not describe the allegations in detail, explain the circumstances of the alcohol possession case, or state the conditions attached to the bail order.

It also does not provide the date of the magistrate’s order, details of the appeal’s other arguments, or a response from the prosecution. The report identifies Augustine as the appellant and says the High Court ruling was delivered in his challenge to the lower court order. No further information about the next stage of the case is included in the available material.