AHMEDABAD, Sep. 3, 2022 (TBINN)
Activist Teesta Setalvad today walked out of jail, a day after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail in a case of allegedly fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Setalvad, arrested on June 26, 2022 was released from the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad. As per the Supreme Court’s order, she was produced before Sessions Judge V.A. Rana for bail formalities.
Sessions court asked her to furnish a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and not to leave India without its permission, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Patel said. In its Friday order, the apex court had said Setalvad shall be produced before the lower court which will release her on interim bail subject to such conditions as it may deem fit.
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