Kochi, July 2 (IANS) C.H. Ashokan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader, was Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekheran in Kozhikode district in May.

Former CPI-M leader T.P. Chandrasekheran was murdered May 4 in Onchiyam village. More than 50 people have been arrested in the case.