Times Now journalist Bhawana Kishore has been granted interim bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case where she was accused of insulting a Dalit woman during an alleged rash driving incident. The court reviewed the FIR and concluded that offences under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act were not established. The court also noted that Kishore, as a senior correspondent of National Network and a 31-year-old woman, deserved to be granted interim bail. The petitioners claimed that they did not know the complainant, and therefore, the alleged use of offensive words did not arise. The court granted interim bail while requesting the State to inform the complainant of the proceedings. The case will be heard again soon.
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