FW Bureau

Dharamsala, July 29

All the four medical students accused of ragging to death, first year student Aman Kachru last year surrendered in a local Himachal Pradesh court here today. The Himachal Pradesh High Court had yesterday cancelled the bail given to Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma by a trial court and directed them to surrender before the trial court here. “All the four accused have surrendered in fast-track court of Purinder Vaidya,” District Deputy Attorney R K Kaushal told reporters. He said the trial court had listed the matter for next hearing August 2. The High Court, which initiated suo motu proceedings after the bail, had said: “The order passed by the trial court granting bail to the accused is against law... accordingly quashed and set aside.” The fast track court had granted bail to the four on July 17 after 16 months of custody. Setting aside the bail order, the High Court said that “the trial court ignored that three of the accused (Naveen, Abhinav and Mukul) are also involved in other criminal case”. During the arguments in the High Court, Advocate General R K Bawa, who represented the government, said the trial court has shown undue haste in granting bail to the accused without considering the fact that the recording of the evidence would come to an end on August 6. The trial court has so far recorded the statement of 26 witnesses. Statements of some doctors and police personnel are to be recorded, he added.