| Court frees 300 lawyers on bail
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan yesterday granted bail to more than 300 lawyers arrested during protests against President Pervez Musharraf�s imposition of emergency rule, attorneys said.
The 331 lawyers were detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday on charges of terrorism, rioting and attacking public property and police, their counsel Aftab Ahmed Bajwa said.
�The judge allowed their bail applications. They were to be released after paying surety bonds of Rs20,000 each,� Bajwa said.
Another 20 senior lawyers and rights activists, said by police to be the ringleaders of the protests, remained in custody, he added.
Lawyers have so far led most of the rallies against the state of emergency declared on Saturday, which led to the sacking of Pakistan�s chief justice, Iftikhar Mohamed Chaudhry, when he refused to approve the measure.
Pakistan court frees 300 lawyers on bail
Lahore - An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan Thursday granted bail to more than 300 lawyers arrested during protests against President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule, attorneys said. The 331 lawyers were detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday on charges of terrorism, rioting and attacking public property and police, their counsel Aftab Ahmed Bajwa told AFP. "The judge allowed their bail applications. They were to be released after paying surety bonds of 20 000 rupees (about R2 100) each," Bajwa said. Another 20 senior lawyers and rights activists, said by police to be the ringleaders of the protests, remained in custody, he added. Lawyers have so far led most of the rallies against the state of emergency declared on Saturday, which led to the sacking of Pakistan's chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, when he refused to approve the measure.
Man charged over G20 brawl granted bail
A 22-year-old New Zealand man who was extradited from NSW on charges stemming from last year's G20 riots in Melbourne has been granted bail. Victorian detectives successfully sought the extradition of Gabriel James Shanks, who is facing a charge of rioting, in Sydney's Waverley Local Court on Monday. He was arrested at Sydney Airport on Friday by Australian Federal Police and remanded in custody until Tuesday's hearing. Shanks' lawyer told the Melbourne Magistrates' Court his client could provide a $10,000 surety and could reside with a cousin in North Fitzroy. The prosecution did not oppose the application. Magistrate Phillip Goldberg granted bail on grounds including that Shanks provide a surety, he surrender his passport and report to police once a week.
Fodder scam convict gets bail
New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court today granted bail to a multi-crore fodder scam convict who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a trial court in Jharkhand.
Brajesh Kumar Sinha, a medicine supplier held guilty of cheating and forgery, was granted bail by a bench comprising Justices A K Mathur and Markandey Katju which considered his submission that he had already undergone imprisonment for one year.
Sinha's counsel Brajesh Kumar said the bench should consider his bail plea as even the designated CBI court in Ranchi, while convicting him, had taken a lenient view that the accused was only 19 years old and had acted under the guidance of his elder family members who were directly associated with the business.
The bench accepted the submission of Kumar and directed the convict to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 10,000 and a surety of equal amount.
Vaiko, Nedumaran granted bail
Chennai, Nov 16 (PTI): MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and Tamil Nationalist Movement leader Nedumaran, who were arrested here on November 12 along with 260 party workers for defying a a ban on a rally to condole the death of slain LTTE leader S P Thamilselvam, were granted bail by a city court here today. The Fifth Metropolitan Magistate, S Muruganandam granted bail to them on the condition that they execute a bond for Rs 5,000 with one surety each for a like sum. Thamilselvan was killed in an air strike by the Sri Lankan Air Force on November 2. Both the leaders and others in their bail petition, contended that they had not committed any offence, but "conducted themselves to express their condolence for the death of S P Thamilselvan." .
Nigeria: Ex-Police Officer Jailed for Theft
An ex-police officer was last Friday sentenced to eight months in prison by an Abuja magis-trates' court for stealing three car radios. Samson Makun (35), of Force Headquarters, was on May 24, 2007, alleged to have stolen three car radios and sold them to Idowu Lamidi (18), of Masaka village, Nasarawa state, at the cost of N3,850. .
Tikait arrest may turn into political controversy
RESENTMENT IS brewing among farmers in western UP over the arrest of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Mahendra Singh Tikait and this may well turn into a political controversy. Tikait was arrested and sent to jail in an old case pending in Baghpat court. The BKU, close to the Congress, has been trying to give the issue a political hue to cash in on it. With BKU members resorting to agitation, the state police have now shifted Tikait and 10 other supporters to district jail Hamirpur. Tikait, asserting that he was fighting for the cause of farmers, has refused to seek bail. The police shifted him out of Meerut to avoid any major law and order problem. The police headquarters here in a statement on Sunday said BKU workers had been assembling outside Meerut jail ever since his arrest on November 12, which had created problem.
Judge gives red-light cameras the green light
Houston's red-light cameras are lawful and constitutional, but the hearing process needs some tweaking, according to a state district judge's ruling. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed earlier this year by brothers Michael and Paul Kubosh, who tried to short-circuit the red-light program by arguing that the civil fines conflicted with state law, among other objections. Bail bondsman Michael Kubosh purposely ran a red light last year, then sued the city after he got caught on camera and fined. His brother, lawyer Paul Kubosh, assisted with the lawsuit. Judge Sharolyn Wood wrote in a letter to both sides that the program is constitutional, and that the city had the statutory authority to operate the red-light cameras even before Sept. 1, when a state law regulating the program went into effect.
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