Cal HC grants bail to 80-year old accused of raping minor

Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to an 80-year-old man accused of rape of a minor, considering his advanced age.

The court also took note of more than five-month detention of the accused man, who was arrested in connection with the case registered at Murutia police station in West Bengal's Nadia district in June this year.

Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, considering the advanced age of the detainee, granted bail to the man.

Stating that the accused is around 80 years old, his lawyer claimed that he has been falsely implicated in the case.

The court directed that the petitioner will be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of ₹ 20,000 with two sureties of ₹ 10,000 each, one of whom must be l

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