SC breather: Chilika MLA Prashant Jagdev gets conditional bail

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today granted conditional bail to suspended BJD MLA Prashant Jagdev, who had reportedly ploughed his SUV into a crowd injuring several persons, including few cops in Banpur area of Khordha district in March this year.

The bail condition read that the Chilika MLA cannot visit his Assembly constituency for a year. However, if the legislator wishes to visit the constituency, he has to take prior permission from the district Collector.

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The apex court also ordered that Jagdev cannot hold any political meeting with more than five persons at a time, if he visits the constituency.

SC added that lower court will add further bail conditions, informed his lawyer.