HC grants bail to 2 accused in Rajiv statues damage case

Two persons, arrested for allegedly damaging statues of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, were today granted bail by the Madras High Court.
Allowing the petitions of Ayyanar and Saravanan of Pulianthope here, Justice P Devadass directed them to execute a bond of Rs 10,000 each to the satisfaction of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore.
He also ordered them to report to the jurisdictional police station every day at 10.30 am until further orders.
The duo was arrested in connection with damaging two statues of Gandhi in the wee hours of February 28 amid protests over the Congress stand against release of convicts in the assassination of the former premier.

The counsel for the accused argued that the FIR in the case mentioned the accused as unknown and after arresting the two, a confession was recorded, and that barring the confession, no other material was available with the police.
After hearing the arguments, the Judge granted bail to the accused.