Puttur gang rape case: HC grants bail to one of the accused

Puttur: Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted bail to Prajwal, one of the five accused in the Puttur gang rape case. The hearing into the bail application of the other four accused in the case will be taken up next week.

Earlier in March this year, the five students – Gurunandan from Ganadamoole, Prajwal from Perne, Kishen from Kadambu, Sunil from Aryapu Piligunda, and Prakhyath from Barimaru Balya – had offered a lift to the victim, who happens to be their classmate and later raped her in the car.

A video of the incident, recorded by the accused went viral on social media in July and the police registered a suo-moto case. The accused were arrested and have been in judicial custody since July 04.