Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel who had been lodged in a Surat jail over two cases of sedition registered against him.
However, the court, while granting bail to the Patidar leader, also imposed a condition that he will have stay out of the state for next six months.
Hardik was arrested and imprisoned in a jail in Surat in two different sedition cases filed against him by Ahmedabad and Surat police .
Last month, Patel had told the Gujarat High Court he was ready to accept any condition that it may deem fit for granting him bail.
Opposing the bail plea, government pleader Mitesh Amin had told the court that government is apprehensive that Hardik may repeat the offence and his presence outside jail may endanger the law-and-order situation in the state.
During earlier hearings, the government had declined to accept Hardik's offer for a written undertaking for bail.
Hardik had earlier approached the HC for bail after the lower courts in Surat and Ahmedabad (where separate sedition cases are registered against him) refused him any relief.
The young Patel leader and his three associates are facing charges under IPC sections 124(A) (sedition), 121 (A) (conspiracy to wage war against government) and 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy).
They are accused of inciting violence to put pressure on the government to accept the demand of OBC reservation for Patels.
