Tada Judge Soneka Bora granted bail to Pradip Gogoi against a surety of Rs1 lakh for each case and directed him not to leave Guwahati and also the state without the court's permission.
United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) 'vice chairman' Pradip Gogoi was today granted bail by a Tada court in Guwahati in three cases while a decision of some other cases will be taken on February 23.
Tada Judge Soneka Bora granted bail to Gogoi against a surety of Rs1 lakh for each case and directed him not to leave Guwahati and also the state without the court's permission.
Gogoi was also asked to surrender his passport and other related documents to the court. If he chose to live in his home town Sivasagar, he must regularly report to the police there, he was told.
The bail applications of three other cases in Tada court would be decided on February 23 along with one case of the group's 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary.
The government lawyer did not oppose the bail applications but sought an assurance that the duo would not jump the bail.
While Gogoi was arrested from Kolkata in 1998, Daimary was captured by the Royal Bhutan Army during Operation All Clear in 2003. Both are currently lodged in the Guwahati Central Jail. Talking to reporters after he was brought to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital here for check-up, Gogoi said the bail was a positive step for peace talks.
"The government's decision not to oppose the bail applications is a positive step towards peace talks to proceed," he said.
"If I am granted bail in the three other cases and released from jail, I'll meet the people of the state and talk to them to know their views on the peace process," Gogoi said.
According to him, all decisions regarding talks with the government would be taken considering the views of the people of the state.
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