India, May 21 -- The Allahabad High Court has granted an anticipatory bail plea to Altamas Khan, one of the accused in last year's Bareilly violence case.

Justice Ashutosh Srivastava on Monday allowed the anticipatory bail application of Altamas Khan.

According to the police case, on September 26 last year, Maulana Tauqeer Raza had given a call for members of a particular community to assemble at Islamiya Inter College in Bareilly.

Despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS being in force, a crowd of about 500 people gathered, proceeding from Maulana Azad Inter College towards Shyamganj Chauraha. The crowd, holding boards and raising provocative slogans, paid little heed to the warnings and persuasions made by the police ...