: Gauhati HC stays lower court’s observations against Assam Police in Jignesh Mevani’s bail order #IndiaNEWS The Gauhati High Court on Monday stayed some observations that a district and sessions

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Gauhati HC stays lower court’s observations against Assam Police in Jignesh Mevani’s bail order #IndiaNEWS
The Gauhati High Court on Monday stayed some observations that a district and sessions judge in Assam had made while granting bail to Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani. Justice Devashish Baruah of the High Court, in his order, said that the observations had no relevance to Mevani’s bail petition. He, however, clarified that his order did not amount to a stay on bail and said that the Assam government was free to challenge the sessions court’s order for that purpose.On April 29, Barpeta district and sessions judge Aparesh Chakravarty had said that the Gauhati High Court should consider directing the police to reform themselves and take measures to prevent registration of false first information reports. He had said that these measures could include requiring police personnel to wear body cameras and installing close circuit television cameras in police stations and vehicles.Chakravarty had said that unless such measures are taken, Assam “will become a police state, which the society can ill afford�. The sessions judge added that it had become a “routine phenomenon� for the police to claim that an accused person attempted to escape custody, and then shoot at the person, leading to deaths or injuries.“...Converting our hard-earned democracy into a police state is simply unthinkable, and...Read more

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