Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a 65-year-old accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case, accepting a protracted trial as a valid reason for the relief sought by the Bihar resident.

Kafeel Ahmed Mohd Ayub, 65, will step out of jail on bail, nearly 13 years after he was arrested in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case, after furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.

While offering relief to Ayub, the Bench of Justices A.S. Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale considered the fact that the prosecution had examined only 173 out of the 800 listed witnesses till May 2022 – the month in which the bail plea was filed by him.

The accused’s advocate, Mobin Solkar, argued that indefinitely detaining him was unconstitutional.

He said Ayub, a resident of Bihar, had been im

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