Anticipatory Bail Granted for YouTube channel interviewer by Madras High Court

 Madras High Court grants bail for YouTube channel interviewer. The court ordered G. Felix Gerald to file a pledge not to upload objectionable content in the future.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday told an interviewer on her YouTube channel, G. Felix Gerald, 48, a lawyer who named a high-ranking dignitary and identified an offensive person who spoke out against her. granted early bail in the lawsuit against him for uploading an interview with

Anticipatory Bail Granted for YouTube channel interviewer by Madras High Court

Judge AD Jagadish Chandira granted the appeal, conditional on the filing of an affidavit by the complainants that they would no longer upload such objectionable content. The judge also ordered him to appear before cybercrime investigators for two weeks to help with the investigation. In their request for AB, the complainant said he was a journalist employed by a Tamil-language YouTube news channel called Red Pix 24X7. He usually interviewed guests "according to procedures and rules" and recorded these conversations. He recently interviewed a lawyer and politician named Geetha. The interview he uploaded to the channel on October 15th. As lawyers, politicians, and educators, interviewees discussed current affairs, politics, women's issues, and corruption. During the interview, she named many high-ranking officials and made some comments. 

 "These innuendos and statements are certainly unknown and unexpected to the interviewer. Neither the broadcaster nor the petitioner as interviewer played any role in the mentions or statements made by Ms. Geetha," he said. He said police officers visited his former home on Oct. 28 and asked about him. , they visited his office and obtained his new home address and other details "under the pretext" of issuing a subpoena, the complainant said, claiming he was under their surveillance. Petitioner, fearing when he might be arrested, asked the court to grant him Anticipatory bail. He also claimed to have removed the interview from the channel for his legal advice and promised not to allow the controversial content to be published in the future.

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