Mutare, Zimbabwe - Senior Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett was freed on bail from a prison in the eastern city of Mutare Thursday, 27 days after his arrest on dubious terrorism charges.

The Movement for Democratic Change's Bennett left Mutare remand prison, around 300 kilometres from Harare, after the Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the state's appeal against a lower court's ruling that he be granted bail.

Harare  - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court said late Wednesday that a judge will issue a ruling Thursday on the case of whether senior opposition poltician Roy Bennett can be released on bail.

The court said Judge Paddington Garwe would rule on whether to allow the state to appeal against a bail ruling for Bennett, Zimbabwes deputy minister designate and a member of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.

State counsel Chris Mutangadura said his side had been asked "to make more submissions" in the case.

Harare  - Zimbabwe's High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application by the state for leave to appeal a ruling granting bail to the country's deputy minister of agriculture-designate, Roy Bennett.

Bennett's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa told journalists that Bennett was due for release from a prison in the eastern city of Mutare after Judge Tedious Karwi's ruling.