A court in Pakistan granted former president Pervez Musharraf bail on Monday taking him one step closer to freedom after months under house arrest.<br/> <br />The former military dictator has been embroiled in a web of legal cases after returning to Pakistan in March from self-imposed exile. His arrest was unprecedented in a country where the army wields enormous power.<br/> <br />Musharraf has already been granted bail in two other cases.<br/> <br />He is currently under house arrest in a villa on the outskirts of Islamabad.<br/> <br />Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup but was ousted by popular protests led by the country's judiciary.
