In a relief to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel, a local court in North Gujarat town Visnagar granted bail on Thursday a day after it issued a non-bailable arrest warrant.
The Visnagar court had issued non-bailable warrant against Hardik, lalji Patel —president of Sardar Patel Group (SPG) which is also demanding reservation for Patidar youth in government jobs and educational institutions under OBC category and six other for their absent in hearings.
A case was filed against Hardik and 17 others by Visnagar town police for allegedly ransacking the office of BJP legislator Rushikesh Patel during the protest rally of Patidar community demanding reservation in July 2015.
like Hardik, lalji too appeared before the court and obtained bail on similar conditions. “We are confident that we will come out clean as we have not done anything wrong,” he the PAAS leader.
The court granted the 24-year-old pro-quota leader on a personal bond of Rs 5,000 post his appearance before it. Talking to media person after getting bail, Hardik said that he approached the court and requested the court to grant the bail as being a social leader he had to attend pre-decided programmes and hence couldn’t remained present in the hearing.