Guwahati, June 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to retired Nagaland district judge Inalo Zhimomi, who claimed he is facing malicious prosecution and was forcibly retired after raising concerns about irregularities in the state's bail surety system.

Authorities had booked Zhimomi and two others in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of Rs 14.35 lakh in cash bail sureties during his tenure as Principal District and Sessions Judge in Mon district. The current presiding judge in Mon district lodged the complaint, prompting the police investigation.

Zhimomi had previously flagged that district courts in Nagaland were not depositing bail amounts or cash sureties into the respective District Treasuries, a v...