Suspended JD-U MLC Manorama Devi granted bail

The Patna high court on Monday granted bail to suspended Janata Dal-United Member of Legislative Assembly Manorama Devi, mother of the prime accused in the Aditya Sachdeva murder case, in connection with recovery of liquor bottles from her house at Gaya during a search operation.

A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the order while hearing a bail petition filed by Manorama Devi. While giving bail, the court also asked her to cooperate in the trial of the case.

Senior advocate Y V Giri, who appeared for Manorama Devi, said that she is a lady and a law abiding person who has surrendered before the court in the case.

The liquor bottles were recovered from Manorama Devi's house and not from her physical possession, he submitted while pleading for grant of bail.

It may be noted that Gaya district court had on May 27 rejected her bail plea while additional chief judicial magistrate court had rejected her bail petition on May 19 in the bottle recovery case.

She was booked under the Excise Act after liquor bottles were recovered from her residence at A P Colony of the town during the police raid following which she went into hiding for a couple of days before surrendering on May 17.

According to a jail official posted at the Gaya Central Jail, Rocky and his father Bindi Yadav have been lodged in same jail. Rocky is prisoner number 22774, while his father is prisoner number 22758.

Rocky’s parents’ palatial residence at A P Colony is barely half-a-kilometre from the jail.

Rocky was arrested on May 10 and sent to 14 days judicial custody, but was remanded in police custody for 48 hours and is now back in jail.

A day after Rocky shot dead Aditya, Bindi was arrested on charges of helping his son to escape after the crime and sent to jail. Bindi, a criminal-turned-politician has several pending serious criminal cases lodged against him.

 Four arms licences belonging to Manorma and her husband have been cancelled.

With inputs from M I Khan in Patna