Indian, 107, granted bail - for now

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BBC
By Sutapa Mukerjee
Correspondent in Lucknow



Nankau Prasad Mishra is "barely in his senses", says his lawyer

A hospitalised 107-year-old Indian man who has been in and out of jail for 17 years over a fatal attack on a villager has won bail on the grounds of old age.

But his case is not over.

Nankau Prasad Mishra was convicted when he was a mere 90 of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for attacking Jwala Prasad in a land dispute in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Prasad later died.

Mishra only served 17 days before being bailed but spent the next 17 years with the case hanging over his head.

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