Pune: The Pune sessions court on Friday granted bail to lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case. Punalekar and his assistant Vikram Bhave were arrested by the CBI in the case on May 25. Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, Punalekar's lawyer, said it was a conditional bail.

The special Judge R M Pande granted bail to Sansthan Sanstha lawyer Sanjjev Punalekar who was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuth for charges of tampering the evidence and criminal conspiracy. The CBI claimed in the court that Punalekar is not only a lawyer but also one of the volunteers of right-wing organisation which was proved from the material that was seized from him.