Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Monday granted conditional bail to industrialist Mahimananda Mishra in the Press Chhak bombing case and Tarinigada firing cases against two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each.
The court also directed him not to influence any of the witnesses and cooperate in the investigation.
Earlier, the court has granted him bail in the murder of general manager of the Hyderabad-based Seaways Shipping and Logistics Limited.
It may be noted here that a bomb was hurled at lawyer Abhay Bhatt near Press Chhak in Cuttack September 21, 2013. It was also alleged that Mishra was interested in a piece of land worth Rs 72 lakh, which Bhatt succeeded in buying. Criminal Ganesh Sahu, during interrogation, had told police that the bomb was hurled under Mishra’s direction. Mishra was later arrested in this connection.
Similarly, miscreants had opened fire on two youths at Tarinigada in Paradip in May, 2016, following which, both the victims sustained injuries. Police had registered a case against Mishra alleging that he had conspired the crime.