Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was granted bail today by a court in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh in a hate speech case.
The court approved bail for Mr Owaisi on health grounds on a bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties, his lawyer said.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator is lodged in a jail in Adilabad, 300 km from the state capital Hyderabad.
However, Mr Owaisi will have to wait for bail in another case of hate speech in a court in Nirmal town of Adilabad district.
Mr Owaisi is in jail since his arrest January 8 for making a controversial speech at Nirmal on December 22. He was also booked for making a similar speech at Nizamabad on December 8.
In both courts, his voice was recorded and sent for forensic examination as he had claimed that the voice in footage was not his.
A member of the assembly from Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad, Mr Owaisi is facing charges of sedition, waging war against the nation and promoting enmity between people.
The court approved bail for Mr Owaisi on health grounds on a bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties, his lawyer said.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator is lodged in a jail in Adilabad, 300 km from the state capital Hyderabad.
Mr Owaisi is in jail since his arrest January 8 for making a controversial speech at Nirmal on December 22. He was also booked for making a similar speech at Nizamabad on December 8.
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A member of the assembly from Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad, Mr Owaisi is facing charges of sedition, waging war against the nation and promoting enmity between people.
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