A court docket in Gandhinagar in Gujarat on Tuesday granted bail to an Australian, arrested for intruding on the pitch through the ICC World Cup cricket closing sporting a pro-Palestine T-shirt. A day earlier, the accused, Wen Johnson, was remanded in police custody for a day by the court docket. Johnson was produced earlier than the court docket on Tuesday night which launched him on bail on situations that he would cooperate within the probe and deposit his passport with the court docket, mentioned a senior metropolis crime department official.

Johnson had evaded safety and reached the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad when Virat Kohli was on the crease through the closing recreation in opposition to Australia on Sunday afternoon. He was instantly apprehended by safety personnel.

Johnson was arrested by the police on expenses of legal trespass and inflicting harm to discourage public servants from doing their responsibility.

The investigation was handed over to the town crime department on Monday which took Johnson’s custody from the police and produced him earlier than the court docket in Gandhinagar to hunt his remand for additional investigation.

As per the FIR, Johnson entered the stadium as a standard spectator. He jumped the railing after which ran in direction of the pitch after pushing apart policemen in his determined try and hug Kohli.

Johnson informed police that he entered the bottom as he’s an enormous fan of Virat Kohli, the FIR acknowledged.

He wore a face masks bearing the design of a Palestine flag and a T-shirt with slogans- ‘Stop bombing Palestine’ and ‘Save Palestine’- written on the back and front sides, respectively.

A preliminary probe has revealed that Johnson is a routine offender and was booked in his nation for invading sports activities fields previously.