MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was granted bail on Friday by the Adilabad and Nizamabad courts of Andhra Pradesh in the alleged hate speech case.
The courts approved bail for Owaisi on health grounds on a bond of Rs 10,000 and two sureties, Owaisi’s lawyer said.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator is lodged in a jail in Adilabad, 300 km from here
Owaisi is in jail since his arrest Jan 8 for making a controversial speech at Nirmal on Dec 22. He was also booked for making a similar speech at Nizamabad on Dec 8.
In both courts, his voice was recorded and sent for forensic examination as he had claimed that the voice in footage was not his.
A member of the assembly from Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad, Owaisi is facing charges of sedition, waging war against the nation and promoting enmity between people.
Details awaited..