Former chairman of Municipal Corporation Kailash Mishra, former vice chairman of Bhopal Development Authority Ishawar Singh Chouhan and corporator Raeesa Malik were granted bail by District and Session judge Pushpak Pathak in a case related to protest against Government and burning an effigy.
The court also issued bailable warrants against eight others who remained absent during the hearing.
lawyers Sanjay Gupta and Khalid Hafeez pleaded on behalf of the Congressmen and argued that their clients have been implicated in false case motivated due to politically rivalry and appealed for granting bail to the accused.
The court accepted the bail plea and granted bail on personal bond of Rs 10,000 to each of the accused persons.
During the hearing around eight accused remained absent in the court and later court issued warrant against them.
The court has issued bailable warrant against eight persons including district Congress Committee president PC Sharma, leader of opposition in the Municipal Corporation Mohammad Sageer and corporator Guddu Chouhan who failed to appear in the court and court has issued orders for the accused to appear in the court on November 24.
On June 27, 2016 the Congressmen had protested using indecent and abusing words against National President of Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati and had burnt her effigy during protest.