Mangaluru violence: High court grants conditional bail to 16 accused

Bengaluru/Mangaluru: Conditional bail to 16 people for their alleged involvement in the violence and stone-pelting that occurred during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violence in Mangaluru on December 19, 2019, was granted by the state high court, on Thursday, February 27

The accused, including Suhail and Thamzeel had applied for bail in High court. Their appeal was upheld by a one-member bench of Justice John Michael D’Cunha.  Justice Cunha had earlier approved the appeal for bail of 21 people in the same case. Mangaluru fourth additional district and sessions court had earlier denied bail to the accused.