Additional Sessions Judge MC Gupta granted the bail till October 4 to Kanda, who has been in custody for the past 13 months. Kanda represents Sirsa in the Haryana assembly. <img alt="Kanda" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/kanda.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 642px;" /> Kanda The court asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and a surety of like amount. &ldquo;He has to perform many obligations for his people. Funds for his constituency are unutilised. The public is suffering,&rdquo; Kanda&rsquo;s lawyer said. Delhi Police had opposed Kanda&rsquo;s interim bail, saying there was reasonable apprehension that he would tamper with evidence. &ldquo;In February, there was a Haryana assembly session. When Kanda did not feel the need to seek bail for attending that session, why is he seeking it now?&rdquo; the prosecutor asked. The backstory Kanda and his aide Aruna Chaddha were accused of abetting the suicide of a 23-year-old air hostess Geetika. The victim left behind a note accusing Kanda and Chaddha of harassing her. She committed suicide on the night of August 5, 2012.

Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of a former air hostess, got interim bail from a Delhi court so that he could attend the state assembly.

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