Patna: The Patna High Court today granted bail to former MP Lovely Anand, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah 13 years ago. Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice S M Mahfooz Alam allowed her petition for bail after hearing senior counsel Kanhaiya Prasad, who appeared on behalf of the former MP and the state counsel Shameshwar Dayal.

Additional Sessions Judge, Ram Krishna Rai had awarded capital punishment to her husband Anand Mohan, former MP and JD(U) leader, Akhlaq Ahmed, a former MLA from Bikramganj and RJD leader and Arun Kumar on October 3 in connection with the brutal killing of the District Magistrate on December 5,1994.

Besides Lovely, a former MP from Vaishali, the court had also sentenced Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, a sitting JD(U) MLA from Lalganj, Shashi Shekhar and Harendra Kumar to life imprisonment. Lovely and her husband Anand Mohan, a former MP from Sheohar, who was leader of the then Bihar People's Party (BPP), were accused of inciting a mob to lynch Krishnaiah.