The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three prime accused in the murder of Communist Party of India leader Govind Pansare , reported Live Law .

Justice Shivkumar Dige of the Kolhapur bench of the High Court granted bail to Virendra Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale.

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.

In January, the High Court approved bail for six other persons accused in the matter – Sachin Andure, Ganesh Miskin, Amit Degvekar, Amit Baddi, Bharat Kurane and Vasudev Suryavanshi – citing their prolonged incarceration, the presence of more than 250 witnesses in the case and the trial’s slow progress.

Three persons accused of involvement in Pansar

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