'No end of trial in sight,' Bombay High Court gives bail to 6 in 2015 Pansare murder

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to six persons accused in the 2015 murder of Communist Party of India leader Govind Pansare, reported Bar and Bench.

Justice Anil Kilor approved bail for Sachin Andure, Ganesh Miskin, Amit Degvekar, Amit Baddi, Bharat Kurane and Vasudev Suryavanshi, citing their prolonged incarceration, the presence of over 250 witnesses in the case and the trial’s slow progress.

Govind Pansare, a rationalist, was shot by two unidentified gunmen on his way home from a morning walk in Kolhapur on February 16, 2015. He died four days later.