The Supreme Court, on Friday, granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad, arrested on June 25 for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame "innocent people" in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked the activist to surrender her passport with trial court till the time the Gujarat High Court decides her regular bail plea.
The SC further asked Setalvad to cooperate with the probe agency in the investigation of alleged fabrication of evidence to frame people in riots cases.
While granting her bail, the court observed that the activist has been in custody for more than two months and at this stage is entitled the relief of interim bail during the pendency of consideration of her application which is pending before the HC.
The SC noted that the activist was arrested on June 25 in connection with a case that goes back to the period of 2002-12. "The investigation agency has had the advantage of custodian interrogation for seven days," the court said.
