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The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to three accused in the Swapnil Sonavane murder case.

The 15-year-old Dalit boy was killed in 2016 allegedly over an inter-caste relationship. The Nerul police had later arrested family members of the girl Sonavane was in a relationship with. The three accused granted bail include the girl’s brother.

On July 19, 2016, the girl’s family had called Sonavane and his parents to their house. Near the girl’s house in Nerul, her elder brother and father allegedly assaulted Sonavane, resulting in his death.

“The sessions court had allowed our plea of video-recording of the court proceedings. But the cameras haven’t been provided for over a year now. This has led to a delay in our case,” said lawyer Amit Katarnawre, representing Sonavane’s family.

The girl’s brother and two of his friends were granted bail on ground of parity, sources said.

“We are going to take the help of law to get them re-arrested. We are planning to knock the doors of the Supreme Court,” Katarnawre said.

Sonavane, the eldest of two siblings, was killed in front of his parents who were assaulted too. Hours before his death, the family had approached the Nerul police with a complaint against the girl’s brother for assaulting Swapnil a day before that.

The police station had then refused to register a complaint. A few days after the incident, the Nerul police had arrested seven people, including the girl’s family members.