Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer D.G. Vanzara was on Thursday granted bail by a special court in Gujarat in connection with the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
The court has asked Vanzara to submit a surety bond of Rs. two lakh.
Suspended Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) P.P. Pandey has also been granted bail in this case.
The court has asked Pandey to submit two surety bonds of Rs. 50,000 each and his passport as condition for the bail.
This is the first instance in which an accused has been granted regular bail in this case.
Pandey was the Joint Commissioner of Police of Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch, when 19-year old Ishrat Jahan was killed along with three men in a police encounter in 2004.
All four were shot dead by police officers who claimed that they were involved in a plot to kill Narendra Modi, who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at that time.