India, Oct. 9 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Tuesday granted bail to activist-lawyer Satish Uke and his elder brother Pradip in the money-laundering case registered against them by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a land-grabbing case.

Special judge R B Rote granted bail to the brothers primarily on the ground of their long pre-trial incarceration. "As the accused have undergone the detention of the minimum sentence of imprisonment as well as more than one half of the maximum period of imprisonment (seven years) specified for the offence punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA, they are entitled for grant of bail," the court said.

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