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Court bans broadcast of German Bakery blast footage
Ref: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/court-rap-for-news-channels-ban-on-broadcast-of-cctv-footage-of-blast/584262/
Pune, Maharashtra

A special court for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday passed an order saying that �no electronic media should publish, display or telecast any footage or coverage of the incident dated February 13, 2010 or those before the incident that has come on the CCTV of German Bakery and Hotel �O�, which would lead to the disclosure of identity of the witnesses in the case.�

A day after some news channels broadcast parts of the CCTV footage of the German Bakery blast,
Judicial Magistrate (first class) G G Itkalkar passed the order after the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) submitted an application requesting the court that an order under Section 44 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 (amended in 2004) may be issued directing all media channels to refrain from broadcasting the CCTV footage of the incident and prior to the incident that would reveal the identity of the witnesses.