Mangalore: Homestay case - Bail for minor after five months
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Apr 11: The additional district and sessions court here, on Wednesday April 10, granted bail to one of the accused in the homestay attack case. The accused was granted bail on the basis of the fact that he is still a minor.
Ranjeet (name changed) was granted bail after the court examined his bail plea. His sister had approached Dakshina Kannada district Children’s Welfare Committee (CWC) president, Asha Nayak, with a request to release her brother.
Documentary proof was also provided about his age. Asha Nayak then had requested the district court, seeking the release of the minor.
The additional district and sessions judge, acting under the directions of the district judge, conducted hearing of the plea and ordered release of the boy on bail.
Asha Nayak said that no one had noticed the fact that the above accused was a minor, all these days. She said that the police too had not verified his age. She added that the sister of the accused had provided age proof of the boy about six weeks back, and that CWC had done what was expected of it thereafter.