Hyderabad Gangrape: All four accused, including the son of a legislator, have been released from a juvenile home where they had been kept after their detention.
HyderabadEdited by Aditi GautamUpdated: July 27, 2022 9:13 am IST
Hyderabad:
Four minor accused have been granted bail in the Hyderabad gangrape case, which had set off outrage and political clashes in Telangana.
All four accused, including the son of a legislator, have been released from a juvenile home where they had been kept after their detention, officials said.
The bail orders were issued by the fifth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate cum Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday.
A fifth minor accused will continue to remain in the juvenile home since he has approached the Telangana High court for obtaining bail, officials said.
Saduddin Mallik, the only adult accused in the case, has been kept in Chanchalguda Jail.
A total of six persons were arrested in connection with the gangrape of the 17-year-old girl.
The survivor was allegedly gang-raped by five young men when she was returning home after a party in the Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad on May 28.
One juvenile was allegedly seen in videos misbehaving with her, but was not involved in rape, police had said.
The boys had offered to drop her home. Instead, they went to a pastry and coffee shop, where they changed into an Innova. After travelling for a while, she was allegedly assaulted inside the parked vehicle in the city. They took turns raping her while the others stood guard outside, the police said.
The police initially registered a case of “outraging modesty” based on the girl’s father’s complaint. It was changed to a rape case later.