PTI, RAIPUR: A special court today granted conditional bail to journalist Vinod Verma in connection with the circulation and possession of a “sex CD”, allegedly involving a Chhattisgarh minister, as investigators failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory period of 60 days after his arrest. Special CBI Magistrate Shantanu Kumar Deshlahre granted relief to the scribe after he submitted a bond of Rs 1 lakh and a guarantee of equal amount as directed by the court. Verma was arrested by the Chhattisgarh Police from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh on October 27.
“The court accepted Verma’s plea for bail which he submitted in the court yesterday under the section 167 (II) of the CrPC,” said Verma’s lawyer Faisal Rizvi. Rizvi said Verma may walk out of the Raipur Central Jail late tonight.
