Bail for Kobad Ghandy

Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who has been incarcerated in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since September 2009 was granted bail on June 15, 2010 by a court in Karim­nagar, Andhra Pradesh, because the police failed to file a charge-sheet against him even after six months of his arrest in a conspiracy case. This report, filed by the Press Trust of India (PTI) on June 16 was carried by the national media on the following day.

Kobad Ghandy: case of conspiracy

The report notes that the Karimnagar Additional Judicial Magistrate P. Rajendra Reddy granted bail on condition that Ghandy appear before the Karimnagar rural police once a month for a period of six months. The court also directed him to furnish two sureties.

Earlier, in November 2009, the Karimnagar police had brought Ghandy from Delhi to Andhra Pra­desh on production of a warrant in connection with a case of conspiracy based on a confession made by another Maoist leader, Malla Raji Reddy, PTI stated.