Air India pee-gate: Accused Mishra granted bail

A city court on Tuesday granted bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, saying his custody was no longer required for the collection of evidence.

Additional Sessions Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla granted the relief to Mishra on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of the like amount. The judge imposed various conditions on him, including that he will not tamper with evidence, influence any witnesses or contact them in any manner. Mishra was also asked not to leave the country without the court’s prior permission and to join the investigation and trial as and when called by the investigating officer (IO) or the concerned court.