SC TO HEAR PLEA TO CANCEL ANTICIPATORY BAIL TO TRUSTEES

NEWDELHI:THE Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on December 1 an appeal of the father of seven-year-old Pradhyuman, who was found dead in a Gurgaon school, seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to three trustees of the Ryan International Group.

The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra when advocate Sushil Tekriwal, the counsel representing Pradhuman’s family, sought an urgent hearing in the case.

The bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, accepted the request and agreed to hear the plea of Barun Chandra Thakur, father of the Class-ii boy, challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order granting anticipatory bail to the three trustees.

The high court had on November 21 granted anticipatory bail to Ryan International group CEO Ryan Pinto and his parents -- founding chairman Augustine Pinto and managing director Grace Pinto, in connection with the case of killing of Pradhyuman in its Gurgaon school.

In his appeal, Thakur has claimed that the CBI probe into the case was still underway and granting anticipatory bail at this stage would frustrate the criminal justice delivery system.

“The manner in which the conspiracy has been hatched to kill him and the manner in which the entire scene of crime has been destroyed, decorated and ornamented, it clearly appears that the directions may have come from some high-ups to the school authorities and the possibility of the involvement of

Pinto family at this stage cannot be ruled out in any manner whatsoever and howsoever,” the plea, filed through advocate Tekriwal, said.

It also referred to an affidavit filed before the apex court by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and alleged that the board had categorically said the school had failed to discharge its responsibility to file an FIR and inform the district education officer.

SC BENCH AGREES TO HEAR THE PLEA OF THE CLASS2 BOY’S FATHER, CHALLENGING HC ORDER GRANTING ANTICIPATORY BAIL TO THE THREE TRUSTEES