India, Feb. 27 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to two women jail officials arrested in the custodial death of Byculla inmate Manjula Shetye in 2017. The bail was granted primarily because of their prolonged incarceration of more than seven and a half years.

Sheetal Vasanta Shegaonkar, a jailor of Byculla women's prison, and Manisha Gulab Pokharkar, a police constable, were arrested on July 1, 2017, for assaulting Shetye to death. Charges against them include murder, conspiracy, destruction of evidence, and criminal intimidation. The prosecution's case stated both personnel were on duty when Shetye was found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Advocates Sudeep Pasbola and Rajendra Rathod, representing the accused, poi...