Just hours after they were remanded to judicial custody for a day, five women, allegedly involved in the lynching of notorious gangster Akku Yadav in Nagpur on August 13, were released on bail by a district judge.
Public Prosecutor Prasant Sathianathan did not oppose their bail plea.
Earlier in the day, Judicial Magistrate First Class R N Mehre had remanded the women -- Anjane Bai, Leela, Bhagiradi Bai, Savita and Pinki -- to judicial custody.
Akku Yadav was lynched by a mob led by chilli-powder wielding women in a courtroom.
The accused are all residents of the Kasturba Nagar, where Akku Yadav had unleashed a rein of terror.