Cheema, Rai, Karanjawala get interim anticipatory bail for Ryan International owners

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today granted interim anticipatory bail to the owners of Ryan International School in the case connected to the murder of a seven-year-old student..Senior Advocates RS Cheema and Randeep Rai, along with a team from Karanjawala & Co led by Partner Sandeep Kapur, Principal Associates Vir Inder Pal Sandhu and Rajat Soni, Associate Aashneet Singh Anand, appeared for the petitioners..The matter came up for hearing today before Justice Surinder Gupta, who decided to grant anticipatory bail in the interim. He also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release the petitioners on bail in the event of arrest..Further, the judge directed the petitioners to join the investigation and co-operate, before posting the matter for December 5..On the last date of hearing, the Court granted a stay on the arrest of the petitioners after CBI retainer counsel Sumeet Goel pleaded for more time to file a reply..Earlier, Justice Inderjit Singh had refused to stay the arrest of the owners, and issued notice to the Haryana government, seeking its response. A couple of weeks ago, the Bombay High Court had rejected a similar plea filed by the owners of the school..The case had even reached the Supreme Court, with Senior Advocate KTS Tulsi seeking to get the trial transferred out of Haryana in light of the Gurgaon Bar Association’s diktat barring lawyers from representing the school owners..Read the interim order:.Click here to download the Bar & Bench Android App