(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Ryan International School bus conductor Ashok Kumar, who was arrested on September 8 on charges of murdering class 2 student Pradhuman Thakur, was yesterday released from jail and returned home after 76 days in custody.
'I am thankful to God for delivering justice to me, Kumar told reporters after being released.
His family said it was a great relief as their innocent family member is back home.
'Haryana police forced him to confess to the crime by using third degree force on him… they also drugged him, said a family member.
His bail orders were provided by lawyers to the jail authority after 3pm yesterday and after completing the formalities, Kumar was released late in the evening.
The 42-year-old Kumar was arrested on the same day that seven-year-old Pradhuman's body was found with his throat slit in the washroom of the school.
The Haryana police had claimed that the child was murdered by the conductor allegedly after he tried to assault him.
The case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation which on November 8 took a Class 11 student of the same school in custody for the murder. According to the agency, the senior student killed his junior just to postpone a parent-teacher meeting and a unit test that day.
Although the CBI has not granted a clean chit to the bus conductor, it has also not found any clinching evidence against him.
A court on Tuesday granted bail to Kumar after his lawyer Mohit Verma filed an application on November 16.
Additional District and Session Judge Rajni Yadav granted him bail on a Rs50,000 bond.
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