The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Vinod Asrani alias Vinod Chembur, a bookie accused in the conspiracy to murder MiD-DAY Editor (Special Investigations) Jyotirmoy Dey. The court acted on medical reports asking to treat Asrani’s case ‘sympathetically’, owing to his failing health.

The division bench of justices VM Kanade and PD Kode noted, “The applicant is in a very critical condition and needs to be operated immediately on account of his liver failure.”