Kochi, April 11 -- A court in Kottayam on Thursday granted bail to the five people who were accused of brutally ragging their junior in Government Nursing College in February.

The Kottayam principal district and sessions court allowed the petitions filed by the five accused in the case for bail citing their young age and their clean record before the ragging case. The accused, identified as Samuel Johnson (20), NS Jeeva (19), C Rijiljith (21), KP Rahul Raj (22) and NV Vivek (21), were in judicial custody since their arrest on February 11.

The accused were also directed by the bench to follow strict bail conditions including appearing in court whenever summoned, barred from contacting or influencing witnesses and not engage in any crimin...