India, Aug. 8 -- Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was released from jail on Saturday after the Bombay High Court granted him bail on Friday in the doctors' assault case.

The court also granted bail to four other accused who were arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district. It further directed that the trial be expedited and completed within a stipulated timeframe.

A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad noted that the investigation was nearing completion, and the accused could not be kept behind bars indefinitely, while transferring the case to a fast-track court in Kalyan.

The bench, however, imposed stringent conditions on Mhatre and the other accused ...