JODHPUR: Paras Ram Bishnoi , an accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, was granted bail on Thursday. The court discharged him of all charges framed by the CBI and charged him only with section 202 of IPC, which is a bailable offence.
Another accused, Om Prakash Bishnoi, was also granted bail, with the court charging him with section 201 of Indian Penal Code.
The ACJM (SC/ST Cases) court, after completion of the arguments on the chargesheet , framed the charges against all the accused on Thursday. Based upon the arguments by Hemant Nahata and Sunil Joshi, the counsel of Paras Ram Bishnoi, who argued in the court that he had no role in the crime. P Ram framed by CBI, says counsel
Jodhpur: Based upon the arguments by Hemant Nahata and Sunil Joshi, the counsel of Paras Ram Bishnoi, who argued in the court that he had no role in the crime and had been framed by the CBI only on the grounds of being the brother of Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, one of the main accused, the magistrate Girish Kumar Sharma discharged him from all the charges except section 202 of IPC — intentional omission of information . His counsel immediately moved an application for bail, which the court granted. Similarly, the court also removed all the charges by CBI against Om Prakash Bishnoi, alleged member of the Bishna Ram gang, and charged him with section 201. Apart from these, the court retained the charges on the remaining accused, except Amarchand, who has been charged with sections 120 (B) and 364 of IPC. “The court will now read out he charges against Maderna and Malkhan on 15 October on account of their absence from the court on Thursday and that will be followed by the trial, in which the court will call the evidences” , told Special Senior Counsel for CBI Ashok Joshi.