India, Jan. 10 -- A Pune sessions court on Friday granted interim anticipatory bail to Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) candidate Farooq Yasin Inamdar alias Nana, who is contesting the civic elections from ward no 41, in a case of abetment to suicide.

Additional sessions Judge D R Shetty passed the order granting interim protection from arrest till January 12, 2026, subject to strict conditions. Inamdar has been booked under sections 108, 308(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The prosecution opposed the plea. The assistant public prosecutor argued that the matter was at a preliminary stage of investigation and contended that if interim anticipatory bail was granted, the applicant could take undue advantage...