Mohammed Haris Nalapad gets conditional bail from Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court today granted bail to the son of Congress MLA NA Haris, Mohammed Haris Nalapad, in connection with the assault case he was implicated in..Justice John Michael Cunha today granted Nalapad bail, subject to certain conditions. He is required to execute a bond of Rs 2 lakh and two other sureties. The Court further directed him not to leave its jurisdiction without prior permission and warned against attempting to influence witnesses in the case..Nalapad and eight others were charged under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (punishment for attempt to murder), among other provisions, after he and his associates brutally assaulted one Vidvat at a café in Bangalore on February 17 this year..He has been in jail for 115 days, since his arrest on February 19. He had initially applied for bail at the City Civil and Sessions Court, but the same was rejected earlier in March. Subsequently, he filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court..On March 14, the High Court had denied him bail, more than a week after it reserved its order. Special Public Prosecutor MS Shyamsundar had then opposed Nalapad’s bail, claiming that the investigation was still ongoing, and that there was a chance of evidence being manipulated should a person of his influence be set free.