SRINAGAR: The Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday granted bail to eight accused in the infamous custodial torture case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under orders of the Supreme Court.
The accused, identified as Deputy SP Aijaz Ahmad, Sub-Inspector Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Special Police Officer Jahangeer Ahmad Beigh, Head Constables Mohammad Younis Khan and Tanveer Ahmad Malla, Selection Grade Constables Shakir Hussain Khoja and Altaf Hussain Bhat, and Constable Shahnawaz Ahmad, are lodged in the central jail after they were arrested by the CBI in August.
The accused have been ordered to furnish personal bonds and surety bonds of Rs 1, 00, 000 each. The court has prohibited the accused from leaving the territorial jurisdiction of the court without prior permission. If any one of them holds a passport, he should deposit the same in the court, the order said.