The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to 81-year-old poet-activist Varavara Rao on medical grounds for six months. The bail order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice S. S. Shinde and Justice Manish Pitale in two separate matters. He has been granted bail on the condition that he has to remain in Mumbai and should be available for investigation.

Imposing conditions, the court directed that Rao must remain within the jurisdiction of the Special NIA Court, appear before the court whenever required though he could apply to seek exemption from physical appearance and advised him not to indulge in any kind of activities of which he was earlier accused in the police case.