{"id":48385,"date":"2017-05-24T07:20:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T01:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48385"},"modified":"2017-05-24T07:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T01:50:59","slug":"court-grants-bail-vaiko-sedition-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-bail-vaiko-sedition-case","title":{"rendered":"Court grants bail to Vaiko in sedition case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47346\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sfi-dyfi-activists-get-bail\/bail-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Court grants bail to Vaiko in sedition case\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court grants bail to Vaiko in sedition case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court here today granted bail to MDMK chief Vaiko, who had been in jail since April 3, in a sedition case of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Police had registered a case under IPC sections 124 (sedition) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, place of birth, residence, language) against Vaiko for a speech he had given while releasing his book, &#8216;Naan Kutram Sattugiren&#8217; (I am Making the Accusation), in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The charge-sheet in the case was filed in 2010. However, the trial is yet to commence.<\/p>\n<p>On April 3 this year, Vaiko had appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate S Gopinathan and filed a surrender petition.<\/p>\n<p>Although the magistrate had offered to release Vaiko on bail, he refused to apply for it. Vaiko was remanded in judicial custody.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the MDMK leader was lodged in the Central Prison in Puzhal here.<\/p>\n<p>Vaiko had moved a bail application yesterday. When it came up for hearing today, Additional City Civil Court Judge Purushothaman granted unconditional bail to him.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here today granted bail to MDMK chief Vaiko, who had been in jail since April 3, in a sedition case of 2009. 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