{"id":44460,"date":"2016-08-20T04:03:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T22:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44460"},"modified":"2016-08-20T04:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T22:33:27","slug":"bail-denied-dalit-student-murder-accused-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bail-denied-dalit-student-murder-accused-rejected","title":{"rendered":"Bail denied Dalit to student murder accused rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44461\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bail-denied-dalit-student-murder-accused-rejected\/murder-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?fit=252%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"252,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?fit=252%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?fit=252%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?resize=252%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bail denied Dalit to student murder accused rejected\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?w=252&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/murder.jpg?resize=126%2C100&amp;ssl=1 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bail denied Dalit to student murder accused rejected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local court today rejected the bail plea of Ameerul Islam, prime accused in the brutal murder of a Dalit law student at Perumbavoor in April.<\/p>\n<p>The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court, which considered the bail plea moved by Islam, noted that the case is under investigation and this is not a fit case for granting regular bail to the accused.<\/p>\n<p>The court took note of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s argument that Islam had moved to Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu after committing the crime and evaded arrest for a long period.<\/p>\n<p>Islam was arrested on the charge of killing the law student, 50 days after the gruesome incident, that had become a major issue in the recent Kerala Assembly elections.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-woman who hailed from a poor family, was allegedly raped and brutally assaulted using sharp-edged weapons before being murdered at her house on April 28.<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court today rejected the bail plea of Ameerul Islam, prime accused in the brutal murder of a Dalit law student at Perumbavoor in April. 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