Kalaskar is also facing trial for the killing of communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare. In October last year, the high court granted him bail in the case. With having secured bail in the Dabholkar case, Kalaskar can now walk out of jail after completing the bail formalities

She referred to an article written by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro in an English daily in Punjab, in which he mentioned that ex-Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare had told him he was facing “political pressure” from a Delhi-based leader in the Malegaon blast case