Date:18/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/18/stories/2008051858540300.htm

New Delhi

Court grants bail to HIV+ accused

New Delhi: A man accused in the four-year-old Pushkin Chandra case, in which the son of a former IAS officer and his friend allegedly involved in a homosexual relationship were killed, was on Saturday granted bail by a court here as he was HIV-positive and suffering from tuberculosis.

“In view of the circumstances that accused Rajesh Santram is suffering from HIV (infection) as well as tuberculosis and he appeared to be quite ill, his bail is granted to an interim period of two months,” Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar said.

The court allowed bail plea of Rajesh, arrested in the case on August 28, 2004 on furnishing a personal and surety bond of Rs 15,000 each.