A court here today granted bail to embattled BJP leader Varun Gandhi in two separate cases relating his alleged hate speeches but he will remain in jail because of his detention under the National Security Act.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin Kumar granted the bail to the 29-year-old leader asking him to furnish two personal bonds of Rs 20,000 each after 45 minutes of arguments by the prosecution and the defence lawyers.
The magistrate gave the bail to Varun in two separate cases--one relating to allegedly causing breach of peace through inflammatory speeches at Barkhera and the other on the charge of violating prohibitory order.
Arguing for Varun's bail, his lawyer Siddharth Luthra alleged there was no evidence against his client and the video tapes purportedly showing his client making the speeches were fabricated.
He said the CDs have been sent to the forensic test and the report was awaited and there was no point in keeping Varun in detention.
Luthra said the prosecution based their case on local intelligence reports and statements of shopkeepers-witnesses none of whom was named in the case diary.
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Luthra also contended that there was a delay in filing the case diary on March 26 although the incident had taken place on March 18.
The prosecution, on the other hand, referred to the CDs and the witnesses seeking to buttress the argument that Varun's speeches had vitiated the atmosphere.