Ryan murder case: Pradyuman's father moves SC against Pintos' anticipatory bail
Chandigarh, Nov 27 (IBNS): Father of a seven-year old Pradyuman Thakur, who was killed in Ryan International School, moved the Supreme Court on Monday against the anticipatory bail granted to the Pinto family, the trustees of the school, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, media reports said.
The court granted anticipatory bail to the Pintos on Nov. 21.
Augustine Pinto, his wife Grace and son Ryan had earlier moved the top court seeking anticipatory bail after the school became the centre of a storm following the gruesome murder of Pradyuman, inside the institute premises in Gurugram.
Ryan Pinto, the school group’s CEO claimed that the school was a victim of “unfortunate circumstances”.
Pradyuman was found in a pool of blood inside the washroom of the school with his throat slit open in early September.
A civic court also granted bail to bus conductor Ashoke, who was arrested for allegedly murdering the class 2 student, on Nov. 21.
Ashoke earlier confessed that he was the one who killed Pradyuman.
Apart from Ashoke, the police has suspected a class 11 student of the same school to have committed the crime.
Though Ashoke had confessed his act of murdering the seven-year old boy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended a class XI student of the same school in connection with the murder. The senior student eventually was arrested.
Being a juvenile, his name was not disclosed.
After a CBI probe it appeared Ashoke was possibly framed for a crime he did not commit.
The CBI has revealed that Gurgaon police had planted the murder weapon, a knife, that was used to kill seven-year old Pradyuman Thakur in Ryan International School, on bus conductor Ashok Kumar.
According to the CBI, the weapon belonged to the class XI student.
The teenager allegedly wanted to impede the approaching exams and parent teacher meeting and hence killed the boy.
Earlier, Ashoke's father had said that his son was wrongly framed but on last Thursday the latter confessed to his crime in front of his father, said reports.
Ashoke's family has said that they will now file a case against the cops for planting evidence against him, reports said.
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