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Time of India
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'Do not play with the Supreme Court': SC bench slams jail staff for keeping man illegally behind bars over typo in bail order
NEW DELHI: SC on Tuesday fumed at Ghaziabad jail SP refusing to release a Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism to marry but got booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, for a typographical error in the court's order granting him bail. SC on April 29 gave bail to Aftab, who voluntarily converted to Hinduism by performing rituals at an Arya Samaj Mandir & married a Hindu girl according to Hindu rites. The girl's aunt had lodged a missing person complaint when she eloped with Aftab to get married to him. Ghaziabad police lodged a case under Section 366 (kidnapping) of IPC and Sections 3 and 5(1) of the UP anti-conversion law and arrested Aftab on Jan 10 last year, a week after his marriage. Three days later, the police filed a chargesheet. Allahabad HC rejected his bail plea. The SC, while granting bail, mentioned Sections 366 of IPC and Sections 3 and 5, instead of 5(1), of the UP anti-conversion law. On presentation of the bail order before the additional and sessions judge, Ghaziabad, and on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 1.5 lakh with two sureties, order for release of Aftab aka Rahul from jail was issued on May 27. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Τι είναι το ChatGPT για το οποίο μιλάνε όλοι; courses AI Undo You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi Nearly a month later, on Wednesday, Aftab's counsel told a bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh, "The release order was returned by the jail authorities on the ground that the charges mentioned in the jail register - Section 366 of IPC and Sections 3 and 5(1) of the anti-conversion law - does not match with the particulars mentioned in the release order." The bench fumed at the hair-splitting by the jail authorities to keep the man illegally behind bars for more than a month and said if this was the reason for refusing to release the petitioner, then it would initiate contempt of court proceedings against the officials concerned. "Do not play with the Supreme Court," the Justice Viswanathan-led bench warned. It ordered the superintendent of Ghaziabad district jail to remain present in court on Thursday. "Director general (prisons) will remain present through virtual mode," the bench said. Though the SC caught the lapse on part of jail officials, the petitioner innocently requested the court to modify the order and mention the sections correctly to enable his release from prison.
Time of India
12 hours ago
- Time of India
Typo in bail order keeps man in jail for a month; SC summons officials
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday fumed at the Ghaziabad jail superintendent refusing to release a Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism to marry but got booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, for a typographical error in the apex court's order granting him bail, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The SC on April 29 granted bail to Aftab, who voluntarily converted to Hinduism by performing rituals at an Arya Samaj Mandir at Tis Hazari and married a Hindu girl according to Hindu rites. The girl's aunt had lodged a missing person complaint when she eloped with Aftab.
