The Madras High Court today granted bail to the prime accused in the murder of a Dalit youth who had married a non-Dalit girl, in a suspected case of honour killing.
Vacation Judge B Gokuldas granted conditional bail to Yuvaraj, leader of a caste outfit in western Tamil Nadu, directing him to stay at Tirunelveli and sign at the police station register there twice a day daily until further orders.
Yuvaraj has been charged with abducting Gokulraj, a Dalit engineering student, who was in love with his classmate and a non-Dalit girl, and murdering him in Tiruchengode.
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Gokulraj's headless body was found on a railway track near Pallipalayam on June 23, 2015, following which Yuvaraj went underground. He had surrendered on October 11, 2015.
When his bail plea came up today, the Judge ordered him to execute a personal bond for Rs 10,000 and furnish two sureties for a like sum each.
