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Bangladesh's top two opposition leaders released on bail
Police said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and Mirza Abbas, a former minister and member of the party's top decision-making body, were freed from a jail outside the capital Dhaka

Russian ‘hacker’ who manipulated JEE examination software last year gets bail
Shargen, who was arrested on 3 October, had allegedly tampered with the iLeon software, the platform on which the JEE (Main)-2021 examination was conducted and also helped other accused in hacking the computer systems of suspect candidates during the examination, officials said

Former PFI chief moves Delhi HC for bail, told to approach trial court first
Justice Mendiratta also said that this court does not have the jurisdiction to deal with the matter and therefore no interim orders can be passed

MP: Out on bail, accused rapes victim again; arrested
The accused, a resident of Khatkari village, was released last week after being arrested on 23 September, 2021, on charge of raping and threatening the minor girl, Additional Superintendent of Police Vivek Lal said

Janhangirpuri violence case: Delhi HC grants bail to 19-year-old rag-picker
Justice Yogesh Khanna noted that the accused, who was in custody since April, was not identified in the CCTV footage and was not required for the purpose of investigation and thus admitted him to bail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 with one surety of the like amount

Duty of trial court to ensure trial is not prolonged, says Supreme Court
The observations came while granting bail to a man who was accused of facilitating the escape of persons who murdered the Mayor of Chittor district in Andhra Pradesh

Delhi High Court grants medical bail to Unitech founder Ramesh Chandra
The court noted that from the medical record, it was clear that Chandra's condition was quite serious and his ailments have assumed larger proportions on account of age. Chandra is suffering from cognitive impairment and dementia. He also needs cardiological and neurological assistance

Gujarat court denies bail to Setalvad, Sreekumar accused of 'fabricating documents' in 2002 riots case
Teesta Setalvad and R B Sreekumar were arrested a month back, and it was alleged that they were part of a larger conspiracy carried out at the behest of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel to destabilise the then Gujarat government led by Narendra Modi

Lucknow: Six people who offered namaz at Lulu mall granted bail
The ACJM court granted them a conditional bail on filing a bond of Rs 20,000. However, all of them will be required to show up in court upon being summoned

Hyderabad teen gang-rape case: Four minors granted bail
They were directed to cooperate with investigation officials, record their attendance before the District Probation Officer on first Monday of every month and granted bail on production of two sureties of Rs 5,000 each

'Like a new sun': Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan walks out of Sitapur jail after Supreme Court grants him interim bail
Azam Khan, the Samajwadi Party strongman, was lodged in jail for the last 27 months in connection with several cases, including land grabbing

Supreme Court grants bail to accused suffering from HIV
According to the medical report of the accused, the patient has severe dyspnoea at rest and is unable to walk without support

Rape convict Narayan Sai booked on Gujarat HC directive for producing fake documents to get bail
Narayan Sai, son of jailed godman Asaram, is currently lodged in a Surat jail for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman at his father's ashram between 2002 and 2005

Sheena Bora murder case: CBI opposes Indrani Mukerjea's bail plea; says she has committed 'heinous act'
The accused is an influential person who can influence the witnesses who are yet to be examined and tamper with the evidence, said the CBI while adding that she is not trustworthy and reliable hence her bail plea should be dismissed

Lakhimpur case: Supreme Court to set up bench to hear plea against bail granted to Ashish Mishra
On 3 October last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma held in February for hitting South Delhi DCP's car, got bail
A Paytm spokesperson said the reports claiming the nature of the arrest are 'exaggerated'. Sharma was driving a luxury car that hit the car of the district commissioner of police (DCP) of South Delhi on 22 February

Delay in communication of bail orders affects liberty, needs redressal at 'war footing', says Justice Chandrachud
Justice Chandrachud also referred to the importance of virtual courts and said that they have been set up in 12 states for adjudicating traffic challans

BJP MP Pragya Thakur terms man who shot her video playing kabaadi as 'Ravana'
The video showed Thakur, who was confined to a wheelchair for a long time and had obtained bail in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on medical grounds, playing a game of kabaddi on the premises of a Kali temple

Bombay HC grants interim pre-arrest bail to Eknath Khadse's wife in money laundering case
A single bench of Justice N W Sambre directed Mandakini Khadse to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) every Tuesday and Friday from 17 October to 29 November

No bail for Aryan Khan today in Mumbai drug bust case; next hearing on Wednesday
This was the third time when the 23-year-old's bail plea was rejected since he was sent to judicial custody on 7 Oct