Patna: The Patna High Court granted bail to former Animal Husbandry Department Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member of legislative assembly (MLA), Ramashray Sahni, till disposal of his application seeking to set aside a subordinate court order sentencing him to life imprisonment in a murder case.

A division bench comprising justice S N Jha and justice T P Singh granted bail to Sahni after hearing his counsel, P N Pande and counsel for the state.

The bench allowed Sahni's prayer for bail till disposal of his application seeking to quash the order of a fast-track court headed by A K Lal.

Lal had on July 18 sentenced Sahni along with 11 others to life imprisonment in connection with killing of a Havildar Kameshwar Choudhury. Sahni had subsequently resigned from the Rabri Devi ministry.

The division bench had, while reserving its order on Sahni's petition last week, sought a report from the Samastipur authority to specify whether Sahni was lodged in Samastipur jail.

PTI