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Third accused successful the Sabarimala golden theft lawsuit N. Vasu was granted statutory bail connected Wednesday.
He was released from jailhouse connected Wednesday evening aft the Kollam Vigilance Court approved his bail plea. The tribunal cited the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) nonaccomplishment to record a chargesheet wrong the stipulated timeframe arsenic the superior crushed for granting the bail.
The bail was granted nether respective strict conditions aft Mr. Vasu completed 90 days successful judicial custody. His ineligible squad argued that since the probe bureau had not yet submitted the last report, statutory bail had go a ineligible close for the accused. While the prosecution did not legally reason the bail owed to the expiration of the clip limit, they powerfully requested the tribunal to enforce stringent conditions.
Under the presumption of his release, Mr. Vasu is prohibited from entering Pathanamthitta territory oregon leaving the State. He indispensable look earlier the investigating serviceman whenever summoned and should surrender his passport to the court. Additionally, the tribunal strictly warned him against influencing witnesses, destroying evidence, oregon interacting with the media regarding the case.
Mr. Vasu, erstwhile president and commissioner of the Travancore Devaswom Board, is the 5th idiosyncratic to beryllium released among the 12 accused arrested truthful acold successful transportation with the golden theft.
Previously, premier accused Unnikrishnan Potti, erstwhile TDB administrative serviceman Murari Babu, and erstwhile TDB enforcement serviceman Sudheesh Kumar were granted statutory bail, portion erstwhile administrative serviceman S. Sreekumar secured bail owed to deficiency of capable evidence.
Meanwhile, erstwhile TDB president A. Padmakumar is acceptable to implicit 90 days successful custody connected February 20. If the SIT fails to taxable a chargesheet by then, Mr. Padmakumar excessively tin use for statutory bail.
In related proceedings, the tribunal extended the remand of accused Pankaj Bhandari, Govardhan, and K.S. Baiju for different 14 days, portion the verdict connected the bail plea of elder Tantri Kandararu Rajeevararu is scheduled for February 18.
