pune a sessions court on tuesday confirmed the anticipatory bail granted to samasta hindu aghadi leader milind ekbote in a case registered on march 5 by the pune police on the charge of making objectionable comments while opposing the proposed haj house project on a civic land in kondhwaadditional sessions judge g p agarwal observed considering the allegations in the fir and the investigations done by the police till date the applicant ekbote can be directed to remain present for interrogationthe judge while relying on a supreme court ruling in the case of prabhakar tewari vs the state of uttar pradesh said there was no bar in granting bail to an accused if several criminal cases were pending against him confirming ekbotes prearrest bail the court held that his custodial interrogation was not essential because nothing was required to be seizedsambhaji brigade activist bhaskar kale had filed the fir against ekbote with the kondhwa police alleging that his comments on march 2 had hurt sentiments of a particular community and were intended to disturb peace in the societylawyers sk jain and amol dange argued that there was delay of four days in registering the fir against ekbote the lawyers submitted that the fir was registered with political motive and pleaded to confirm ekbotes anticipatory bail because his custodial interrogation was not essentialthe prosecution opposed the plea and claimed that ekbotes custodial interrogation was essential since he had made his video viral on social media disturbing sentiments of the community and peace in the societythe court on march 12 had ordered ekbotes release on prearrest bail in the event of his arrest on executing personal bond of rs15000 and surety of like amount and assurance that he would not tamper with the prosecutions evidence and cooperate with the investigating agency