Prayagraj, May 15 -- The Allahabad High Court on Friday, May 15, approved the bail applications of eight Muslim men accused of throwing away non-vegetarian food waste during an iftar party on a boat in the Ganga River in Varanasi.

Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla granted bail to five of the accused, while Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha granted bail to three others in separate orders issued on the same day.

With the recent order, eight of the 14 accused have now been granted bail, including Mohammad Azad Ali, Mohammad Tahseem, Nihal Afridi, Mohammad Tauseef, Mohammad Anas, Mohammad Sameer, Mohammad Ahmed Raza, and Mohammad Faizan.

They had approached the High Court after a Varanasi Sessions Court denied them bail on April 1. Their initial bail...