Bengaluru, Sep 17 (Reporter) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted bail to four more accused for their involvement in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Bharat Kurane, Srikanth Pangarkar, Sujith Kumar, and Sudhanva Gondhalekar. "Each accused must provide a personal bond of ₹1 lakh, along with two sureties of the same amount," he said. The four face several serious charges, including murder (Section 302), criminal conspiracy (Section 120B), hiding the plan to commit the crime (Section 118), failing to provide information (Section 203), and others under the Indian Arms Act and the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act. The defence argued that the bail should be granted because other co-accused in the case were released on bail after being in custody for a long time. Although the prosecution opposed the bail, the court noted that similar bail requests by other accused had been approved by both the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court. The court pointed out that the Supreme Court had previously dismissed attempts to challenge these bail decisions, highlighting that around 100 witnesses still need to be examined. Given this, the court decided that the four accused should also be granted bail under similar conditions. The conditions include attending all court hearings unless exempted, not threatening or tampering with witnesses, and not leaving the court’s jurisdiction without permission. Gauri Lankesh, a well-known journalist and activist, was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017. So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the case. The first chargesheet was filed against Naveen Kumar on May 30, and a more detailed chargesheet naming 18 people was submitted on November 23, 2018. Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam and Advocate Amar Correa represented the petitioners, while Special PP Ashok N Naik represented the respondents...////...