2 ABVP student who ‘stole’ HC judge’s car to ‘help’ dying V-C granted bail

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted bail to two Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members accused of stealing an HC judge’s automobile parked outside Gwalior railway station, ostensibly to rush a university’s vice-chancellor to a nearby hospital.

A single-judge bench of Bhopal court Justice Sunita Yadav granted bail to ABVP Gwalior Secretary Himanshu Shrotriya (22) and Deputy Secretary Sukrit Sharma (24), who were accused under the Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti Aur Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam (MPDVPK) Act — a law for improved prevention of dacoity.

The two RSS-affiliated student activists petitioned the HC after their bail application was denied by a special judge for dacoity proceedings in the subordinate court on December 13.