Puttur Gang Rape case: High Court grants bail to four accused; all five accused out on bail now
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Thursday, granted bail to the four accused in the gang rape case of Puttur college student. Earlier on November 28, the court had granted bail to one of the five accused. With today’s granting of bail, all the five accused of the case are out on bail now.
Gurunandan, Kishan, Sunil and Prakhyath were on Wednesday granted bail by the Karnataka High Court.
The case dates back to March this year when the five accused had offered lift to a girl of their college to drop her to home and had raped her in an isolated place on car. The video of the incident was also recorded by the accused.
The video went viral on social media platforms in July this year after which the Puttur Women Police filed suo-motto case and had traced and arrested the accused. The arrested accuse were identified as Gurunandan (19), Sunil (19), Prajwal (19), Kishan (19) and Prakyath (19) all students of same college that of the victim.
All the five accused were sent to judicial custody of which Prajwal was granted bail on November 28. Bail applications of other accused will be heard next week in High Court.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
