With Kalaskar, all accused in Gauri murder case out on bail

THE Principal City Civil and Sessions Court on Wednesday granted bail to Sharad Bhausaheb Kalaskar, accused number 10 in journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder case.

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With this, all 17 accused persons facing trial in the case are now out on bail.

Judge Muralidhara Pai B granted bail to Kalaskar on grounds of parity, observing that the accused had been in custody since September 4, 2018, and that completing the trial within a short span of time seemed unlikely.

Noting that all the accused facing trial in the case, except the petitioner (Kalaskar), are on bail, the judge stated that the petitioner is entitled to bail even on the ground of parity.