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Junaid Khan Lynching Case: P&H HC Grants Bail To Main Accused [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to Naresh Kumar, the main accused in the case concerning the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June last year.Justice Daya Chaudhary granted him bail after noting that Naresh has been behind bars for more than a year and that the proceedings in the case have already been stayed by the Supreme Court.The court also weighed in. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to Naresh Kumar, the main accused in the case concerning the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June last year. Justice Daya Chaudhary granted him bail after noting that Naresh has been behind bars for more than a year and that the proceedings in the case have already been stayed by the Supreme Court. It, therefore, granted him interim bail, till the decision of the Apex Court on the petition pending before it is rendered, clarifying, “It is also made clear that the interim bail has been granted till the decision of SLP by Hon'ble the Apex Court and on decision of SLP, the petitioner has to surrender before the concerned authorities and thereafter, he is at liberty to move an application for regular bail.” Junaid, who had boarded a Mathura-bound train from Delhi, was allegedly stabbed to death while he was returning home after shopping for Eid in Delhi in June, 2017.The incident had turned into religious slurs and had triggered a mob attack on deceased boy’s brother and two cousins between Okhla and Asoti in Haryana.

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