1400 undertrials can be released, Delhi govt tells HC
January 10, 2016 10:10
The Aam Aadmi Party government has told the Delhi high court that over 1,400 undertrial prisoners can be released from jails of the national capital if the Supreme Court's order that arrests can be made only if they are required is followed.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was also told that the trial court and police were violating the Supreme Court direction, which attracts contempt of court proceedings against the authorities concerned.
"If the Supreme Court order is followed that the police should not arrest persons unless they are required and courts should not authorise detentions in a mechanical manner, at least 1,460 undertrial prisoners will get the benefit, who can walkout of the jail immediately," the Delhi government's senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra said.
Some 1,460 undertrial male prisoners are lodged in jails of Delhi for offences which are punishable with less than seven years of jail term, he added, while referring to the status report filed by the Delhi government.
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