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Akbaruddin
Owaisi gets bail in both cases, to be released Saturday
Friday February 15, 2013 09:07:32 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: MIM leader
Akbaruddin Owaisi was Friday granted bail in both cases of hate
speech in Adialabad and Nizamabad districts of Andhra Pradesh. He
is likely to walk out of jail Saturday.
A couple of hours after a court in Nizamabad town approved his
bail, another court in Adilabad also passed orders granting him
bail, clearing the decks for his release from jail.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator is likely to be
released from jail Saturday as the court orders were pronounced
Friday evening and all bail formalities have to be completed, his
lawyer said.
Granting conditional bail on health grounds, Adilabad's First
Additional District and Sessions Judge A. Venkateshwar Reddy
directed Owaisi to surrender his passport, not to enter Nirmal
town and not to make any provocative statement.
The MIM leader's lawyers had submitted in both the courts that his
condition was deteriorating and he needed super specialty
treatment. They also argued that police have already completed
their probe.
Earlier, a court in Nizamabad approved bail for Owaisi on health
grounds on a bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties.
A member of the assembly from Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad, Owaisi
is facing charges of sedition, waging war against the nation and
promoting enmity between people. He is the younger brother of MIM
chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
Akbar Owaisi is lodged in district jail in Adilabad, 300 km from
here, since Jan 8 when he was arrested in hate speech case booked
against him in Nirmal town on Jan 3. A separate case was booked in
Nizamabad.
He had delivered the controversial speeches at public meetings in
Nizamabad and Nirmal on Dec 8 and 22 respectively. Police took
action after the speeches went viral over social networking sites
and some people lodged complaints with police and courts.
The MIM leader, who was away in London, returned here Jan 7 and
was arrested by police the next day.
Police in both the districts questioned him. His voice was
recorded in both the courts and sent for forensic examination as
he had claimed that the voice in footage was not his. Police were
still awaiting the forensic reports.
Meanwhile, MIM activists in Hyderabad, Adilabad, Nizamabad and
other districts celebrated court orders granting bail to their
leader. Carrying party flags, they came on the streets,
distributing sweets and bursting firecrackers.
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