Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High
Court today granted bail to Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's
son Vikas Barala, who has been booked on charges of stalking
and attempting to abduct a 29-year-old woman.
Barala, 23, had been lodged in jail since August last
year.
"The bail of Vikas Barala has been approved by Justice
Lisa Gill," Barala's counsel Vinod Ghai said here.
Vikas Barala, who has been lodged in Burail jail here, is
pursuing a law degree from the Kurukshetra University.
His counsel had sought a regular bail last month from the
high court, submitting his client had been behind bars for
four months.
The woman had accused Barala and Kumar of stalking and
attempting to abduct her.
Charges were framed against Vikas Barala and his 27-
year-old friend, Ashish Kumar, in connection with the case,
which had triggered widespread outrage and a spate of protests
across the country.
The two men were arrested on the intervening night of
August 4-5 last year following the complaint, but were
released on bail as they were booked under bailable sections
of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act.
They were arrested again on August 9 after they joined
the investigation and were charged with attempted abduction
under sections 365 and 511 of the IPC.