2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case: Swami Aseemanand walks out of jail

Swami Aseemanand was released from Chanchalguada prison at 7 pm on Friday after a court granted him bail in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case on March 23.

On the other hand, the Telangana government had resolved to take steps to get the bail of 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast accused Swami Aseemanand "cancelled", the state's Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy had said on Tuesday.

The local court had already granted bail to three others in the blast case.

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The court of Fourth Metropolitan Sessions Judge also had granted bail to Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar alias Bharat Bhai, a co-accused in the case.

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Special Judge Ravinder Reddy granted bail to both Aseemanand and Rateshwar with the direction to produce two local sureties of Rs 50,000 each.

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