While countering the suit filed by the Muslim side, the Hindu defendant had also asserted that the disputed site has remnants of a Shiva temple and housed the Lakshagriha (the House of Lacquer in the Mahabharata).
The Supreme Court has granted bail to one accused observing that his appeal is pending before the Allahabad High Court since 2012 and he has already undergone 14 years and 3 months of custody.