Home stay attack: 16 accused get bail

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 26, 2013: Sixteen accused in the Padil Morning Mist Homestay attack case have been granted bail by the Second Additional District Sessions Court on July 25, Thursday. They were granted bail subject to the furnishing of a bond of Rs 50,000 and personal surety.

The Second Additional District Session Court has granted bail to the accused. Police had arrested 38 out of 44 accused including Kasturi Newz reporter Naveen Soorinje and local TV channel reporter Sharan in connection with the attack that took place at Morning Mist home stay at Padil in the outskirts of the city on July 28, 2012.

Court had granted bail to 11 accused and they were released on July 17. In all, 35 out of 38 including Naveen and Sharan were released on bail at various occasions. It may be recalled that the state government had decided to withdraw charge sheet filed against Naveen in the case.

While six accused are yet to be nabbed, three accused including Subhash Padil, Ganesh alias Kati Munna and Manu alias Manoj are still in jail. Manoj (23), a resident of Kandavarapadavu near Gurupur-Kaikamba, was arrested on July 21.

Advocates K Shambhusharma, Radhakrishna Rai and Kishore were the counsel for the accused.