Bombay: The Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a woman journalist booked for abetting the suicide of an army jawan, Lance Naik Roy Mathew, and also under the Official Secrets Act after observing that prima facie no offence is made out against the accused. Poonam Agarwal was granted temporary relief until HC decides on her anticipatory bail application, which has been scheduled for hearing on June 13, on a surety of Rs 25,000. The same relief has been extended to Kargil war veteran Deepchand Singh, who is a co-accused in the case. The Deolali Camp police in Nashik registered a case against Agarwal and Deepchand on March 27 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including abetment of suicide of the jawan from Kerala, Roy Mathew. The Army also accused Agarwal of posing ‘leading questions’ to Mathew while carrying out the sting operation. Matthew was found hanging following the release of a sting video on a news website, in which he had spoken on the sahayak system in the Indian Army. Police recovered a diary from the abandoned barrack where his body was found. A note in Malayalam described the circumstances that made him take his life. In the note, Mathew feared he would have to face a court-martial for allegedly speaking out against the Army. Justice Dere, while granting bail, said “After viewing the video clip, it appears that the purpose of the sting operation was to show that sahayaks were made to do menial work.”