Uphaar Cinema Fire Case: Ansal Brothers Get Bail
In a case of destruction of evidence relating to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, a Delhi court has granted bail to theatre owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal after they surrendered before it, said media reports.
Metropolitan Magistrate Geetanjali Goel asked the Ansal brothers to furnish a personal and surety bond of Rs one lakh as a pre-condition of their release on bail, reports said.
Besides Ansals, four other accused surrendered before the court and were granted bail on giving personal and security bond of the same amount, said reports.
They include H S Panwar, Anup Singh, Dharamveer Malhotra and Prem Prakash Batra.
Another accused Dinesh Chandra Sharma, a sacked record keeper of the court, who had allegedly helped Ansals in destroying crucial judicial documents, is already on bail in the case.
The court posted the matter on May 17 for supplying the copy of the chargesheet and the other documents to Ansals and others, reports said.
The police had in 2008 filed a new chargesheet before the court against Ansal brothers for tampering with judicial records of the fire in the south Delhi cinema theatre.
(Based on internet reports)
