Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court today stayed the arrest of three Ryan International Group trustees who had sought anticipatory bail in connection with the killing of a student in a Gurugram school.
A single judge bench granted stay on the arrest of group chief executive officer, Ryan Pinto, and his parents, founding chairman Augustine Pinto and managing director Grace Pinto, who had approached the high court seeking anticipatory bail on September 16.
The court of Justice Surinder Gupta has stayed their (of three trustees) arrest, said Arshdeep Singh Cheema, who along with advocate Sandeep Kapur appeared for the Pinto family.
The matter has now been listed for October 7, Cheema said.
Ryan Pinto, and his parents had approached the court, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the killing of class 2 student Pradhuman Thakur, who was found with his throat slit in the washroom of a school run by their group on September 8.
School bus conductor Ashok Kumar was arrested in connection with the crime the same day. On September 25, the high court had impleaded the Central Bureau of Investigation as a respondent in the petition seeking bail for the three Ryan group trustees.
