In January this year, six other accused - Sachin Andure, Ganesh Miskin, Amit Degvekar, Amit Baddi, Bharat Kurane and Vasudev Suryavanshi - were granted bail on the grounds of long incarceration and the fact that the trial is not likely to be completed in the near future

Govind Pansare (82) was shot in Maharashtra`s Kolhapur city on February 16, 2015, and succumbed to his injuries four days later on February 20