Lucknow, Aug 31 - A district court Monday gave bail to five men accused of ransacking and setting on fire Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house in July as police failed to provide any evidence against the accused.

The accused men - Guddu Yadav, Shiv Kumar Singh, Inder Singh, Zameel Khan and Susajit Tiwari - were granted bail on sureties of Rs.20,000 each.

'They were given bail after CB-CID (crime branch-criminal investigation department) officials failed to produce any evidence to prove that they were behind the incident,' counsel Gopal Chaturvedi told reporters.

Joshi's house was set ablaze July 15, allegedly by ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists to avenge her offensive remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati.

However, after the arrest of the accused, police were not able to find any criminal records against them.