A Delhi court has granted bail to Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man from Dumbarton, Scotland, who has been held in India since his arrest in 2017 on allegations of funding the Khalistan Liberation Force (a Sikh separatist militant group). Johal, now 39, was seized by plainclothes officers in the Punjab city of Jalandhar shortly after his wedding and claims he was tortured and denied legal access; prosecutors have repeatedly failed to produce verifiable evidence at trial, and similar charges were dismissed by a Punjab court last year. Advocacy groups including Reprieve and Redress welcomed the ruling but cautioned that onerous bail conditions must be implemented without obstruction, and that Johal still faces capital charges in eight remaining cases.