The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday, 23 December, in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Kappan, who had been granted bail in September in an Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case by the Supreme Court will walk out of jail soon.
"We will file his bail bond in the PMLA case after the court gets back from vacation," his lawyer told The Quint.
Opposition parties and journalist bodies had lauded the Supreme Court verdict and had said that Kappan was a 'soft target' for the Uttar Pradesh government.