Kochi: A lower court in Kerala today (May 3, 2004) granted conditional bail to PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, in 19 cases pending against him in the State.

The Ernakulam Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, P Muraleedharan, granted bail after the Government did not oppose the bail plea.

Madani has been charged under various sections of the IPC, including 153 (inflammatory speeches) and destruction of public property, filed in various courts in the State.

The magistrate said Madani's physical presence before the court could not be secured as he had been lodged in the Coimbatore central jail. So there was no legal impediment for considering the bail application of the accused.

The accused has been directed to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10,000 along with two sureties for like amounts, to appear before the court within seven days of his release from Coimbatore jail and to appear before the magistrate on all days when the trial is conducted.