Prashant Kishor released from prison after Bihar court grants him bail
The Jan Suraaj party founder had earlier rejected the bail conditions set by a Patna court, but said the judge later granted him ‘unconditional bail’.
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Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor was released from Patna’s Beur Jail on Monday evening after a city court granted him bail.
Kishor has been on an indefinite hunger strike since January 2 to press for the cancellation of the recently-held Bihar Public Service Commission preliminary examination. He has been accused of violating orders prohibiting public gatherings and sitting on a hunger strike without the permission of authorities.
Kishor was arrested in the early hours of Monday. Hours later, a Patna court granted him bail, and directed him to submit a bond of Rs 25,000, ANI reported.
However, his lawyer Shivanand Giri said that the court also imposed a condition that Kishor should state in writing that he would not commit such an offence again. As the Jan Suraaj party founder did not accept these conditions, the court remanded him to judicial custody, the lawyer said.
“Writing this would mean that he has committed an offence but protesting is our fundamental right... We said that this order is not acceptable to us,” Giri said, according to ANI.
Kishor, after being released, said that the court later granted him unconditional bail.
“The court granted unconditional bail on our request,” he said, according to PTI. “The voice and trust of the people are stronger than any power, and the...
