Hyderabad Gangrape Case: Juvenile Justice Board Grants Bail To Four Of Five Accused

Four of five juveniles, who were arrested in June in connection with the Hyderabad minor girl gang rape case, have been granted bail by the juvenile justice board on Tuesday evening

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Four of five juveniles, who were arrested in June in connection with the Hyderabad minor girl gangrape case, have been granted bail by the juvenile justice board on Tuesday evening. The five accused, all juveniles, were arrested earlier, one among them was AIMIM MLA’s son. He had also applied for bail but denied by the juvenile justice board of the Nampally criminal court in Hyderabad as his bail petition was pending before the Telangana High Court.

The IANS has reported that his petition is likely to come up before the court later in the day. The four have been granted bail on the production of surety for Rs 5,000 each. They are released from the juvenile home in Saidabad. All the five juveniles accused in the case had applied for bail before the juvenile board twice in the past but denied.

Meanwhile, the sixth and the main accused in the case, Saduddin Malik, 18, has also been denied bail by the Nampally metropolitan magistrate court.

The gangrape of a 16-year-old Hyderabad girl had taken place on May 28. The accused had kidnapped the girl after a party at the Amnesia and Insomnia Pub in Malik’s Mercedes Benz car. The girl was later shifted into another car in which the minor was raped.

Hyderabad police had earlier booked a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for gang rape, causing injuries, and kidnapping under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Another case was registered under the provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act as one of the accused had allegedly recorded the gang rape and circulated the same.