Anmol died during a party on September 13
A Delhi court today granted bail to four out of the six arrested men in connection with the death of NRI student Anmol Sarna, saying the Investigating Officer has not produced any "incriminating" material against any of them.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri granted bail to Anmol's friends, accused Madhav Bhandari, Pranil Shah, Shivank Gambhir and Ritham Girhotra, all in their 20s, while directing them to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs one lakh with one surety of the same amount.
"The Investigating Officer (IO) has failed to produce any incriminating material against the accused persons, that they have killed the deceased Anmol Sarna," the court said.
The court's order came on a request made by their counsel to grant them regular bail as the two security guards, who are the main accused in the case, have already been granted bail in the matter.
Anmol's parents, who were also present there at the time of the court order, said they will appeal against this bail decision in a higher court.
Anmol's mother also requested the court to transfer the case to some other judge, to which the judge said she should file an application at the filing counter in Delhi so that the case may be assigned to some other judicial officer.
The four were released from jail on interim bail granted on October 7 and were supposed to surrender today.
Two security guards -- Surender Bali and Naresh Mishra --arrested for allegedly assaulting Anmol leading to his death, had been granted bail on October 28.
While releasing the four on bail, the court also noted that they are students and have deep roots in the society, so there is no apprehension of their fleeing from justice.
The judge also said they have already surrendered their passports.
Anmol died during a party, where drugs were consumed, on the intervening night of September 13 and 14 at a friend's residence in South Park Apartments at Kalkaji in South Delhi.
Nine persons were arrested in connection with the case of murder and consumption of narcotics.
Initially, police had arrested six persons--the two security guards, who have been accused of the murder, and the four friends, who have been booked for murder and also under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Later, on September 20, police had arrested three more persons for allegedly helping the victim's friends in procuring drugs which were consumed at the party. The trio, too, were granted bail.
The guards were granted bail after the court observed that the victim's injuries were self-inflicted.
The guards had moved their bail pleas soon after the case was handed over to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police which was directed by court to re-investigate the whole matter.