New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to one Kailash Ramchandani, who is accused of being instrumental in supplying wires and other explosive apparatus to Maoists from his shop in the 2019 Gadhchiroli Bomb Blast, which killed 15 police personnel and a civilian.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi verbally observed that allegations against Ramchandani could seem likely to be true; however, he is not a "hardened" criminal and does not have any criminal antecedents which could influence the pending trial in the case.

Further, the court noted that as per the current status of the trial, the prosecution seeks to examine more than 200 witnesses, and the conclusion of the tria...