The Kerala-IAS-officer, who was arrested and suspended for allegedly driving the car that killed a journalist, has been granted bail by a court in Thiruvananthapuram. Sriram-Venkataraman, 33, had not spent a-single-day in jail; he was remanded to 14-days judicial-custody by a magistrate. KM Basheer, 35, died on the spot at in Thiruvananthapuram after the IAS officer's car allegedly rammed his motorcycle at around 1am.