Granting him bail, Principal Sessions Judge N Audinathan observed during the hearing that the case was not one of defamation.
A Sessions court in Pune granted bail on Monday, to former Maharashtra minister Dharmarao Baba Atram, charged with killing a Chinkara under the Wildlife Act.
Karti was arrested on February 28 by the Central Bureau of Investigation on his return from the United Kingdom, and his 12-day judicial custody was to expire on Saturday in the case.
Setting aside the Delhi high court's September 30 verdict denying bail to Chidambaram, the apex court said he is neither a "flight risk" nor there is a possibility of "his abscondence from the trial". Chidambaram had moved the apex court challenging the high court verdict.
Rajesh Talwar, arrested in connection with the twin murders of his daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, was released from jail on Saturday. Talwar was granted bail on Friday by a CBI court.
K Srinivas, editor of the Telugu daily Andhra Jyothy, was released from the Chanchalguda jail on Friday evening, along with two other journalists from the same newspaper, 24 hours after a local court had granted them bail. Though the surety of Rs 10,000 each was submitted to the court and necessary documents were handed over to the jail authorities in the morning, the release was delayed till evening due to the non-completion of formalities by the officials.
British scientists are secretly working on the design of a revamped nuclear warhead at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire.
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to one of the alleged middlemen in the Rs 10-crore railway bribery case while reserving its order on the bail plea of Vijay Singla, nephew of former Railway Minister Pawan Bansal.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former IPS officer of Gujarat D G Vanzara, in jail for over 7 years, in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
The 27-year-old, hailing from Bangalore, must provide a surety of 10,000 Australian dollars and report to the Southport police station three times a week.
A sessions court in Kuala Lumpur charged Uthayakumar with posting a seditious letter on a web site. Uthayakumar has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay were on Friday granted bail by a Delhi court, which had issued summons against them in a case related to alleged irregularities in recruitment of over 3,000 junior basic teachers in the state. Special CBI Judge R K Yadav allowed their bail plea after they furnished a personal and surety bond of Rs 50,000 each.
An alleged accused in the sensational Noida double-murder case was released on bail by a local court in Ghaziabad despite opposition from the Central Bureau of Investigation.Vijay Mandal was granted bail by the court following a bail plea moved by the accused that the agency did not have any proof to name him as an accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.The CBI, however, opposed the bail application on the ground that the investigations are in progress.
Carvalho was arrested along with Samson D'Souza for drugging, raping and leaving Scarlette to die on Goa's popular Anjuna beach on February 18. President of children's court Desmond D'costa released Carvalho on a surety of Rs 25,000 and asked him to surrender his passport before the state police within seven days.
A court on Friday granted bail to senior Shiv Sena leader and former Member of Parliament Madhukar Sarpotdar, who has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment in a 1992-93 riot case in Mumbai.
India-born surgeon Jayant Patel, who returned to Australia from the US to face manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of over a dozen patients, was granted a conditional bail on Monday by a court in Brisbane.
There is no evidence against Rajesh Talwar in the Aarushi case, the CBI has said.
India on Thursday reacted strongly to release 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray was arrested in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon.
A Hyderabad metropolitan court granted bail to the editor of Telugu daily Andhra Jyothy, K Srinivas and two reporters, two days after they were arrested under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. They were released on bail on a surety of Rs 10,000 each.
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore granted interim bail to Saeed and his aides -- Hafiz Masood, Ameer Hamza, and Malik Zafar -- until August 31 against surety bonds of Rs 50,000 each, Dawn newspaper reported.
She apprehended arrest in connection with the complaint by her brother's father-in-law, alleging criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The Madras high court has expressed displeasure over filmmakers "corrupting the minds of the youth" by using vulgar words in songs and by projecting more violence in films, instead of inculcating moral values.
Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never sought any leniency.
The sting operation had implied that Uma Khurana, a school teacher, was involved in the flesh trade and was forcing young students to accompany her clients.
Formalities for release of All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalithaa, who has been granted bail by the Supreme Court in the disproportionate assets case, from the prison in Bangalore would be completed by Friday evening, a top jail official said.
Mohanti has been evading police teams from Orissa and Rajasthan since August 24, 2007. A Jaipur court had declared the officer an absconder on the charge that he had helped his son jump parole and go into hiding.
The has left for the UK for the shooting of his new international film The 100 Foot Journey, co-starring British actress Helen Mirren.
Justice H R Malhotra asked Ansal brothers and Shyam Sunder Sharma and H S Panwar to furnish a personal and surety bond of Rs 50,000 each as a pre-condition for their release.
Judge K Uthirapathy, taking up applications of 26 convicts, who were among the 158 proved guilty in the cases, granted bail to 15 on their personal surety.
Speaking to rediff.com, Bedi's counsel S Pradeep Kumar said she could not be released on Tuesday evening as the completion of formalities for her release were delayed.
Ghule and Vichare were arrested by the CBI on October 8, 2004 for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore stamp paper racket.
The actor's arrest had sparked social media outrage with people calling it an attack on the freedom of speech.
Tyagi, arrested on December 9 in AgustaWestland chopper scam case, was granted bail by a special court in New Delhi.
B H Mohanty was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a fast track court for raping a German scholar in Alwar in 2006.
The tax authorities have been piling pressure for a long time against Mallya and on Kingfisher Airlines to cough up the dues.
Granting bail to Gawli, the court observed that while police must ensure that the interests of the public are protected, they needed to be sure of what their jurisdiction was.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said it will be a challenge to maintain the trend they had set in their last Indian Premier League outing by bowling out Royal Challengers Bangalore for a record lowest 49.
Justice H R Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old star in the chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000.
Special Judge I K Kochhar allowed regular bail to Laxman on furnishing a surety and personal bond of Rs 2 lakh.
