Ex-DGP granted anticipatory bail

The Kerala High Court today granted anticipatory bail to former state police chief T P Senkumar in a case of alleged incitement of communal disharmony by him.
The court, while granting bail to Senkumar, asked him to appear before the investigating officer within 10 days.
Senkumar was given interim anticipatory bail last week by a bench of Justice B Sudheendra Kumar, who had slated his plea for detailed hearing today.
When Senkumar's bail plea came up for hearing today, the court made his interim bail absolute.
The court stipulated that in the event of arrest, he should be released on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 with two sureties of the same amount.

The case against the former police chief was registered by Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police on complaints from various organisations in connection with an interview to aMalayalam publication by Senkumar.

The complainants had alleged that the former police chief had made statements aimed at causing communal disharmony in the interview.
Senkumar, who retired on June 30, was booked under section 153A (1)(a) of the Indian Penal Code allegedly for causing communal disharmony.
Senkumar had a sore relation with CPI(M)-led LDF government when he served as the state police chief. He was removed from the top post soon after the LDF government came to power in May 2016.

But, he was reinstated in May by the Supreme Court.