The Bombay High Court granted bail to Sachin Andure, convicted in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. His life sentence was also suspended by the court, allowing his release from jail. Andure faces a separate trial for the killing of activist Govind Pansare. The CBI investigated the murder after it was transferred from local police. This killing was the first in a series of similar incidents involving activists.