The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to 118 persons, who were arrested in connection with the Ambur violence, which erupted following the custodial death of a person last month.

Justice R. Subbiah granted bail to them on the condition that all of them execute a bond of Rs. 10,000 each, besides a surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate at Ambur.

All of them are required to stay at Krishnagiri and report to the Krishnagiri Town Police Station twice a day - at 10.30 am and 5.30 pm for two weeks.

When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, counsel appearing for the applicants said that they remained in jail for more than 20 days since their arrest in connection with the violence on June 28. According to the prosecution, all the 118 persons threw stones at government property and police personnel and were booked under various sections of the IPC, Tamil Nadu Public Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992.

On June 28, violence was unleashed by a mob, which blocked the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway and pelted policemen with stones injuring 38 of them here.

Death of a person who was questioned by police sparked violence in June