Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Gauri Lankesh Murder Accused

He is the first accused in the case to obtain bail, which was granted by the single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty.

Mohan Nayak N, the 11th accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, has been granted bail by the High Court of Karnataka.

The allegation against Nayak was that "he had conspired with the other accused persons to commit the murder of deceased Gauri Lankesh and in furtherance of such conspiracy, he had taken a house for rent at Ramanagara in an isolated place and had given shelter in the said house to accused number 2 & 3 who are the actual assailants in the present case." 

He is the first accused in the case to obtain bail, which was granted by the single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty.