BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of the party's National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, was on Saturday granted bail by a special court in Bhopal in two cases related to assaulting a municipal official in Indore with a cricket bat. Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh –special judge for cases against MPs and MLAs – granted bail to Akash, who was arrested on Wednesday on charges of assault and leading a protest without permission. District prosecution officer Rajendra Upadhaya said that the court asked the MLA to furnish a personal bail bond of ₹50,000 in the case of assault and ₹20,000 in the other case. He had led a protest on June 4 against power cuts without taking the permission from the authorities. On Thursday, the Indore sessions court refused to hear his bail plea, saying it had no jurisdiction and he should approach the special court set up in Bhopal to hear cases against MPs and MLAs.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2019 13:52 UTC