The Kerala High Court has refused to interfere with the bail granted to Harish Kumar, one of the accused in the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid at Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan’s house in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram, had granted bail to Mr. Kumar in June. Recently, the court allowed the bail applications of 17 other accused as well, imposing conditions such as execution of a bond of ₹1 Lakh each, with two solvent sureties for an equivalent sum, and depositing ₹10,000 each before the Magistrate Court with jurisdiction.

Justice C.S. Dias noted that the condition to deposit ₹10,000 had not been imposed by the Sessions Court in Mr. Kumar’s bail, and modified his bail conditions to include the same.

Charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 for assault and damage to official vehicles were laid against around 300 individuals in the alleged attack, of which 25 have been apprehended.

Published - August 13, 2026 07:53 pm IST