India, May 28 -- The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to an Ulhasnagar resident accused of murdering his debtor in 2020, saying that while he had been languishing in jail for over four-and-half years, there was little possibility of the trial concluding soon.

The case dates to November 17, 2020, when the victim, Pawan Achhra, was reported missing by his father Kailash Achhra. When the police checked Pawan's call records, they found that he had made a few calls to a certain Deepak Gokalani before he went missing. Accordingly, the police questioned Gokalani and learned that he had lent Rs.3 lakh to Pawan Achhra, and the latter had threatened to leak Gokalani's private video.

According to the first information report registered against...