PRAYAGRAJ, June 20 -- The Allahabad high court has granted bail to Vinay Kumar Tiwari, a former station house officer of Kanpur Nagar's Chaubepur police station who is an accused in the Bikru ambush. Tiwari had allegedly informed the main accused, gangster Vikas Dubey, ahead of a police raid on him. As a result of the ambush by the gangster and his henchmen, eight policemen were killed on July 3, 2020.

After hearing both sides, Justice Siddharth, in an order dated June 16, directed the applicant to be released on bail.

The court observed, "Having considered the submissions of the parties, finding force in the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant, keeping in view uncertainty regarding conclusion of trial, one sided investiga...