Aseem Trivedi, the cartoonist jailed on charges of sedition, has left Mumbai's Arthur Road jail. He was granted bail last evening by the Bombay High Court.
The weekend arrest of the 25-year-old freelance cartoonist and anti-corruption campaigner sparked a domestic and international backlash against the government, which was accused by critics of using the colonial-era sedition law to crush dissent.
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