Ram Surat, 98, wasn’t released because no one paid a bail bond of Rs 11,500 (£116) which was mandated in his court order - Prison officials soon realised that he had no family or friends to help ...

Allowed bail in August 2022, Ram Surat, 98, wasn’t released thus far as nobody came forward to furnish a bail bond of Rs 11,500 as mandated by the court. Jail superintendent Shashikant Mishra with ...

An elderly Indian holy man was left to languish in prison after no-one offered up a bail bond of £116 for his release. Ram Surat, 98, was finally released from a jail in Ayodhya, India this week after ...

Ram Surat was 98 years old when he was arrested in Ayodhya in 2022. He had been convicted of a crime in the 1990s, and was sentenced to life in prison. However, he was released on bail in August 2022.