New Delhi   

Court grants bail to HIV+ accused

New Delhi: A man accused in the four-year-old Pushkin Chandra case, in which the son of a former IAS officer and his friend allegedly involved in a homosexual relationship were killed, was on Saturday granted bail by a court here as he was HIV-positive and suffering from tuberculosis.

“In view of the circumstances that accused Rajesh Santram is suffering from HIV (infection) as well as tuberculosis and he appeared to be quite ill, his bail is granted to an interim period of two months,” Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar said.

The court allowed bail plea of Rajesh, arrested in the case on August 28, 2004 on furnishing a personal and surety bond of Rs 15,000 each.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Looking for a bit of Paradise? Not this week…. Cinema
Notice to Fashion Design Council
JNU has a fair share of success in Civil Services exams
Murder case solved; nephew arrested
MTNL cuts STD rates for mobile users
DBA suspends stir over Supreme Court decision on courts
UPSC aspirant hangs self
Four alleged robbers held
Academic Forum for Social Justice
ASSOCHAM Education Fair opens
Delhi Cantonment battle a test for two ‘generals’
New single-number system for power queries
Prayer for communal harmony
Workshop on ‘Attack Heart Attack’
Inside Delhi
Uttarakhand seeks extension of special industrial package
“Height of Narmada dam should not be raised”
Court grants bail to HIV+ accused
MLO, touts remanded to judicial custody
Protest against Myanmar Govt. for restricting foreign aid
Convocation held
Congress remarks anger BJP
Controversial ads off air
Is there enough 3G space for more players, wonders Raja
Kamal Nath: important trading nations must display leadership
In the Capital Today

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu