RANAS GET BAIL, BMC VISITS HOUSE FOR INSPECTION
MUMBAI: A sessions court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to independent MP Navneet Rana and her Mla-husband Ravi Rana, who were arrested on charges of sedition and promoting enmity after announcing that they will recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence last month.
The couple, however, will be released on Thursday after formalities pertaining to their bail are completed, their counsel Rizwan Merchant said.
Additional sessions judge R N Rokade granted the bail to the couple on furnishing a personal bond of ₹50,000 each and with one or two sureties in the same amount. The court also directed the couple not to commit a similar offence while on bail, and not address the Press on any subject related to the matter.
“By the time the documents reached the concerned magistrate court in Borivali, the court timing was over.