New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Patiala House Court has converted the interim bail granted to Swatantra Bhardwaj into regular bail in connection with the alleged assault of Sanjay Azad during a June 23 CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, while rejecting a plea seeking to restrict Bhardwaj from leaving Delhi NCR.

While granting regular bail to Swatantra Bhardwaj, the Patiala House Court said that restricting him from leaving Delhi is not warranted. The complainant had sought to impose stricter conditions of restraining Bhardwaj from leaving the Delhi NCR region. The court rejected the prayer and converted the interim bail into a regular one after noting that there is no violation of the conditions of Interim bail.

Swatantra Bhardwaj was arrested for ...