The BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, who along with his wife Jagriti was chargesheeted in connection with murder of their maid, was on Saturday granted interim bail for two months by a city court.
Additional Sessions Judge lokesh Kumar Sharma granted interim bail to Dhananjay, a sitting MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur constituency, on a personal bond of Rs1 lakh and two sureties of the like amount. However, despite getting interim bail, Dhananjay, who was arrested on November 5 last year, will have to remain in Tihar Jail under judicial custody as he has not been granted bail in a separate rape case in which he is facing trial. During the arguments, Delhi Police opposed the bail plea of Dhananjay saying there was no new ground or change in circumstances for releasing him on bail. The police, however, told the court that the two prime witnesses in the case have been provided security in pursuance to the order passed by a magisterial court last year.