​​​​​​​Balasore, Oct 22: In a development in the FM College girl’s self-immolation case, two student leaders who were lodged in jail have been released on bail on Wednesday.

They were arrested for allegedly provoking the girl to take the extreme decision.

The Orissa High Court granted the bail pleas of the accused, identified as Jyotiprakash Biswal and Shubhra Sambit Nayak. However, the pleas of the tainted Professor Samir Sahu and the College Principal Dillip Ghosh were denied by the Orissa High Court.

The Orissa High Court Bench ruled to hear the pending bail pleas after the chargesheet in the sensitive case  is submitted by the IO.

Worth mentioning, a girl student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, set herself ablaze on the campus over alleged sexual harassment by her Education Professor Sameer Sahu.  She succumbed to her injuries late on July 14 at AIIMS Bhubaneswar during treatment.