Islamabad: A lower court in Pakistan on Friday granted bail to 26/11 mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in an abduction case.

However, as per the orders of the Pakistan Supreme Court, he will remain in jail.

On Wednesday, Pakistan’s apex court had overturned the High Court order of suspending his detention after he was granted bail in December last year.

The Pakistan government had challenged the High Court order in the Supreme Court.

The apex court sent the case back to the Islamabad High Court directing it to hear the arguments again and decide on merit without rushing through. The case will be heard again on January 12 by the High Court, Geo TV reported.

On December 18, 2014, the Anti-Terrorism Court had granted bail to Lakhvi, who was involved in planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.

Next day, he was again detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). However, Islamabad high court judge Noorul Haq Qureshi had suspended Lakhvi's detention under MPO, evoking a strong reaction from India.

Lakhvi and six others - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum - have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attacks in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.

Lakhvi was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the case. The trial has been underway since 2009.