Grants Bail

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted temporary bail to lawyer Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, enabling him to perform certain rituals for his mother, who died last year.

The petitioner was arrested under the charges of abduction and murder of Bhanwari Devi in connection with FIR for the offences under Sections 120B, 364, 302, and 201 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

It was submitted by Additional Public Prosecutor Sanjeev Sabharwal that after filing of the charge sheet, a supplementary statement of the complainant was recorded on 25.05.2021 in which the complainant has further clarified the allegations

Prosecution case is that a company in the name and style of Ummed Corporation Producer Company was floated by the applicant and her husband and other co-accused persons and cheated various complainants and victims by inducing them to deposit an amount of Rs.2 lacs each.

The bail application has been filed by Mohit Aggarwal who has been accused of making obscene videos, blackmailing and raping the prosecutrix for several months.

This is the second case relating to the said violence in which Sidhu has been granted bail in connection with the violence that occurred in and around Red Fort on January 26.

Counsel appearing for the applicant says that the applicant has been wrongly implicated in the case registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 289, 336, 504, 506, 353, 307 I.P.C. and section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act.

Husband of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kocchar was granted bail by the court on the condition that he would execute a PR Bond of Rs. 3 Lakh and submit his passport.

The state counsel opposed the petition, submitting that looking at the gravity of the case, the applicant is not entitled for grant of bail.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti got relief as the Delhi High today granted him bail. He was convicted for assaulting AIIMS security staff and damaging hospital wall under various sections of IPC.