Court grants bail to rape convict Bitti Mohanty

November 07, 2013 09:30

Bitti Mohanty, a rape case convict charged with jumping parole in Rajasthan and arrested in Kannur district of Kerala on charges of impersonation, forgery and cheating, was granted bail by a local court yesterday.

While granting bail, Judicial Magistrate AK Vidhyadharan directed Bitti to execute a bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of like amount. The court directed that one of the sureties should be a close relative of Bitti and the other should have landed property in the state.

The accused was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for raping a German tourist at Alwar in Rajasthan and was absconding after he jumped parole on November 20, 2006.

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