Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta, who is an accused in the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) scam.
Earlier on January 20, a Mumbai sessions court had rejected bail plea of Dasgupta.
Earlier on January 11, a supplementary chargesheet was filed against Dasgupta, Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchand and former BARC COO Romil Ramgarhia in connection with the alleged TRP scam case before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court in Mumbai.
On December 30 last year, Dasgupta was sent to 14-day judicial custody by Esplanade court. He was arrested from Pune on December 24, 2020.
In October, Mumbai Police had arrested four persons -- two former employees of a market research company, along with owners of two channels -- in the case. The police have named several channels in the TRP manipulation case.
Mumbai Police had asserted that Dasgupta- was the 'mastermind' of the alleged multi-crore rupees TRP scam, unearthed last October. Mumbai Police busted a TRP scam in October 2020 alleging that Television news channels paid viewers to manipulate viewership ratings.