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HC judge recuses himself from hearing bail plea of Ryan trustees
September 19, 2017
Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, Justice A B Chaudhari, today
recused himself from hearing the anticipatory bail plea of three
trustees of Ryan International School in connection with the murder of a
boy in its Gurugram school.
The matter will now come up before a
separate bench of the high court. The group's CEO Ryan Pinto and his
parents Augustine Pinto, the founding chairman, and Grace Pinto, the
group's managing director had approached the high court last week,
seeking anticipatory bail.
The bail plea today came up before the bench
of Justice Chaudhari who recused from hearing the anticipatory bail
petition.
"The matter will now be listed before some other bench," said
Ryan trustees' counsel Arshdeep Singh Cheema.
The anticipatory bail
plea was filed in the High Court Registry on September 16. But it was
filed again after removal of certain objections raised by the court
Registry in the matter.
On September 14, the Bombay High Court had
rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of the three trustees of Ryan Group
in connection with the murder of the boy.
The Pintos, who are based
in Mumbai, had approached the Bombay High Court as they had apprehended
arrest in the case after the school was accused of negligence in the
death of seven-year-old Pradyuman.
Class 2 student Pradyuman Thakur was
found with his throat slit in the school washroom in Gurugram on
September 8. Bus conductor Ashok was arrested in connection with the
crime.
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