“Crossed Limits”: High Court To Assam Lower Court Over Police Criticism

Guwahati:

The Gauhati Excessive Courtroom on Monday stated the observations made by a Barpeta courtroom in its order granting bail to Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani for allegedly assaulting a lady police officer ”crossed its limits” and “demoralised” the police pressure and the federal government of Assam.

Justice Debashis Barua, listening to a petition filed by the Assam authorities difficult the observations made by Barpeta District and Classes Decide Aparesh Chakraborty, nonetheless, didn’t cross any opinion on the grant of bail to Mr Mevani, a Dalit chief and an Impartial legislator supported by the Congress.

The Barpeta courtroom had pulled up the state police for lodging a “false FIR” in opposition to Mr Mevani and requested the excessive courtroom to think about directing the Assam Police to “forestall registration of false FIR like the current case and the police personnel firing and killing or injuring accused which has turn out to be a routine phenomenon within the state”.

The observations are past the jurisdiction of the decrease courtroom, Justice Barua stated.

Because the courtroom was closed on Monday as a consequence of a vacation, Advocate Basic Devajit Saikia took particular permission to problem the order of the district courtroom.

The matter will once more come up for listening to on Could 27.

Mr Mevani was arrested by Assam Police first on April 19 from Palanpur city in Gujarat after an FIR was registered in opposition to him in Kokrajhar for his tweet on the prime minister.

After a Kokrajhar courtroom granted him bail within the case on April 25, he was proven as rearrested for allegedly assaulting the lady police officer whereas he was being introduced by a police posse from Guwahati to Kokrajhar 4 days in the past.

The Barpeta courtroom granted bail to Mr Mevani on this case on a Private Recognisance (PR) bond of Rs 1,000 within the case filed on the Barpeta Highway police station.

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