IAS aspirants drowning: Delhi HC sets aside rider on coaching centre to deposit ₹2.5 cr

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside a trial court direction to Rau's IAS Study Circle CEO Abhishek Gupta to deposit ₹2.5 crore at the time of interim bail in a case of drowning deaths of three students which occurred at the centre's flooded basement in July last year.

Justice Vikas Mahajan clarified the issue of bail would be decided by the trial court on its own merit. The senior counsel appearing for the accused argued the condition to deposit ₹2.5 crore should be set aside as a similar direction given to the co-accused to deposit ₹5 crore with the Red Cross was rejected by the Supreme Court in an appeal.