Bail granted by Kerala HC to 10 PFI members in RSS leader murder case
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Kochi: Ten accused PFI members in the 2022 murder case of RSS leader Srinivasan in the Palakkad district were granted bail by the Kerala High Court on Wednesday.
Shefeek, Jafar B, Nassar, Jamsheer H, Abdul Basith, Muhammad Shefeek K, Ashraf K, Jishad B, Ashraf Moulavi, and Sirajudheen were all granted relief by a bench consisting of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan and P V Balakrishnan.
The 10 had moved the High Court against an NIA special court's decision denying them bail in the case.
The detailed order is not yet available.
The High Court had last year granted bail to 17 other accused PFI members in the case.
Initially, 51 people were arraigned as accused in connection with the murder of Srinivasan on April 16, 2022. One among those arrested died and seven of the accused persons could not be arrested because they were absconding.
Chargesheets against the remaining were filed in two phases in July and December 2022.
The Centre in December 2022 had directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take up and investigate the murder case against the accused.
S K Srinivasan, a former district leader and office-bearer of RSS, was attacked by a six-member gang at his motorbike shop in Melamuri in Palakkad on April 16, 2022, less than 24 hours after a PFI leader -- Subair -- was allegedly killed by BJP workers in a village near there.
With PTI inputs