India, July 22 -- Terming the allegation as "grave", the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted to a Patna care home superintendent accused of supplying women inmates to influential people and allowing boys to enter the remand home.

The accused Vandana Gupta was asked to surrender within four weeks as the top court set aside the order of the Patna high court granting her bail on January 18, 2024. She was the superintendent of Gai Ghaat remand home at Patna where inmates were sexually exploited. Soon after getting bail, she was made the superintendent of another care home.

The order passed by a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said, "It is trite that bail once granted should not be cancelled ordinarily, but whe...