Compensate those illegally detained in jail: Allahabad HC to UP govt

In an order by Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Shamim Ahmed on February 2, the court observed that SDM, Varanasi, acted arbitrarily and illegally in detaining the two persons for breach of peace.

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The court was hearing a matter, in which police arrested the petitioners in apprehension of breach of public peace under Section 151 CrPC on October 8 last year. (File)

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to take appropriate action and provide monetary compensation to two persons who were illegally detained in jail under CrPC provisions 151, 107 and 116 in Varanasi district even after they had furnished personal bonds.

In an order by Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Shamim Ahmed on February 2, the court observed that SDM, Varanasi, acted arbitrarily and illegally in detaining the two persons for breach of peace. The SDM has been asked to file an affidavit explaining his conduct on March 3, the next date of hearing.

The court was hearing a matter, in which police arrested the petitioners in apprehension of breach of public peace under Section 151 CrPC on October 8 last year. The arrests happened following a tiff between Shiv Kumar Verma and another person and their family members over partition of ancestral land. After the arrest, police presented them in front of the SDM. The petitioners submitted personal bonds and other papers on October 12, but the SDM did not release them and ordered verification of revenue documents and directed the file to be placed on October 21. The petitioners were then released on October 21.

Asad Rehman

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years for The Indian Express. During his time in Uttar Pradesh, he covered politics, crime, health, and human rights among other issues. He did extensive ground reports and covered the protests against the new citizenship law during which many were killed in the state. During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has also covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, he worked on The Indian Express national desk for three years where he was a copy editor. Rehman studied at La Martiniere, Lucknow and then went on to do a bachelor's degree in History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He also has a Masters degree from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More

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