Topic: Arrest

Nupur Sharma and Mohammed Zubair are on the opposite sides of the political divide, but the Supreme Court's relief to them reaffirms that 'bail, not jail' is the rule.

The accused were arrested under section 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code but granted bail later.

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

The Chhattisgarh Police reached anchor Rohit Ranjan’s Ghaziabad home early Tuesday morning to arrest him, but the UP police beat them to it after the journalist tweeted to local authorities.

The actor was arrested for sharing an allegedly offensive Facebook post about NCP chief Sharad Pawar. She has moved the high court, asking for her arrest to be declared as ‘illegal’.

While granting bail to Dr Ratan Lal, the court said that while the post was ‘avoidable’ and ‘reprehensible’, it ‘didn’t indicate an attempt to promote hatred between communities’.

The arrest of Alvin Chau, CEO of China's biggest junket company, throws light on the unholy alliance of politicians and criminals working in tandem.

Hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki is being investigated in the multi crore scam currently by three different departments -- the Enforcement Directorate, Cyber Crimes wing of the CID and the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru police.

In India, the optics of the 'hum-saath-saath-hain' family are part of the sanskari political photo op. But Bhupesh Baghel's father's arrest was to be expected.

JNU students Devangana Kalita & Natasha Narwal, both associated with women’s rights collective Pinjra Tod, were arrested from their homes.