A 49-year old man who is alleged to have raped a 15-year-old girl in Koro Island has been granted bail by Suva High Court Judge, Justice Riyaz Hamza.

The court has ordered for the man to reside in Nausori.

The alleged incident happened on the 26th of June last year.

It is alleged the girl had gone to the man’s house to borrow a mobile phone so that she could call her grandmother.

It is alleged that when the girl was talking on the phone, the man asked her to have sex with him and when she refused the man allegedly raped her.

The case will be called again on the 2nd of March.