India, Sept. 10 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted bail to Farooq Shaukat Bagwan, arrested in connection with the 2012 serial bomb blasts in Pune, on grounds of parity and inordinate delay in concluding the trial.

Advocate Mubin Solkar, appearing for Bagwan, informed the court that the latter has been behind bars for over 12 years while another accused in the case, Munib Iqbal Memon, has already been granted bail in September 2024. Solkar argued that Bagwan deserves to be granted bail on grounds of parity.

Additional public prosecutor Vinod Chate opposed the plea, contending that Bagwan had prepared forged documents on his computer which were subsequently used by Memon for obtaining SIM cards and that he had also provided ...