The application avers that the statements made by Arnab Goswami in the debate on his Republic Bharat channel were aimed at "browbeating, terrorising and intimidating the investigating Officer"
Reportedly, Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition on April 30 in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police for hurting of religious sentiments.
'Who the hell do you think you are', Arnab Goswami had said after he and his wife were attacked by two Congress workers while the journalists were driving back home from their Republic TV studio.
Earlier today, the apex court of the country had provided protection from arrest for three weeks to Arnab Goswami in relation to the FIRs filed against him for the alleged defamation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.