Chandigarh, Nov. 13 -- An Amritsar court on Friday granted one-day interim bail to jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh to attend the funeral of his grandmother, Charan Kaur, scheduled for November 14, according to a media report.
Singh, who has been in custody since April 2023, is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail.
The relief follows a petition filed by his lawyers seeking temporary release from November 14 to 17 to enable him to participate in the cremation and subsequent religious ceremonies.
Charan Kaur, 84, died on November 8 after a prolonged illness. Her family had deferred the cremation while pursuing legal permission for Singh to attend the last rites at their native village of Jallupur Khera in Amritsar distr...