Amritsar, March 25 -- An Amritsar court on Tuesday granted bail to former militant Narain Singh Chaura, 68, for firing at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of the Golden Temple on December 4 last year.

Chaura had opened fire at Sukhbir from close range when the SAD leader was undergoing tankhah (religious punishment) awarded by Akal Takht for the mistakes committed by his party and its government from 2007-17 but had missed the shot as he was overpowered by policemen in plainclothes and arrested.

Police registered an attempt to murder case against him.

Advocates Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, Jagdeep Singh Randhawa and Baljinder Singh Bajwa, who appeared in the court from the ...