TADA court grants bail to detenu

By Our Staff Correspondent

MYSORE, SEPT. 12. The Special TADA Court trying alleged gang members of the forest brigand, Veerappan, on Wednesday granted bail to one of the accused on personal surety.

The accused, Stella of Marthahalli in Kollegal taluk, was arrested last month and produced before the court as ``a member of Veerappan's gang''. Police filed charges against Stella saying she was the wife of Sunda, alias Velliyan, an associate of the brigand who was killed in a police encounter in 1993.

However, the Special TADA Judge heard Stella's bail application filed by counsel for the detenus, Mr. Venugopal, and observed that the court could not assume that she was part of Veerappan's gang because she was the wife of a gang member. Upholding the contention that she came from a poor family and had a child to support, the court granted her bail on personal surety.

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