More than six months after their arrest in Coimbatore, five suspected Maoists, including the couple Roopesh and Shyna, were today granted bail by the Madras High Court.
Justice C T Selvam granted the relief to the five -- Roopesh, Anoop Mathew George, Kannan, Veeramani and Shyna who were arrested by the Q Branch police on May 4, 2015.
They had also been detained under National Security Act.
The five were arrested in a combined operation by police forces of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu from Karumathampatti in Coimbatore on May 4.
Roopesh has more than 20 cases against him in Kerala while Shyna has at least two cases against her in Ernakulam.
Veeramani has three pending cases against him in Kerala while Kannan has two cases in Tamil Nadu. Anoop also has a couple of cases against him in Kerala.
