Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur released from prison after HC grants bail
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Published: Friday, February 26, 2021, 21:00 [IST]
Karnal, Feb 26: Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur released from prison after Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her bail earlier today in a case filed under attempt to murder and some other charges, more than six weeks after she was arrested in Haryana s Sonipat for allegedly gheraoing an industrial unit and demanding money from the company. The court accepted the bail application of Naudeep Kaur. She has been granted bail by the high court, her counsel Arshdeep Singh Cheema said.
In her bail plea, the 23-year-old activist had claimed to have been severely beaten up at a police station after she was arrested by the Sonipat police on January 12. The police have denied the charge as baseless .
HC grants bail to labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur, released from Karnal jail
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Last Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 11:50 PM IST
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Naudeep Kaur was released from a Karnal jail around 7.30 pm, almost six weeks after she was booked for attempt to murder and other criminal offences.
Naudeep Kaur.
Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur was freed on bail Friday by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which said slapping charges like attempt to murder on her is a debatable issue to be considered at a later stage in the trial. Naudeep Kaur was released from a Karnal jail around 7.30 pm, almost six weeks after she was booked for attempt to murder and other criminal offences.
26 February 2021
(Left) Shiv Kumar arrives at GHMC Chandigarh for a medico-legal examination. (Right) A piece of paper where Kumar described the details of his illegal detention. The note was smuggled out of Sonipat jail. COURTESY ANKIT
(Left) Shiv Kumar arrives at GHMC Chandigarh for a medico-legal examination. (Right) A piece of paper where Kumar described the details of his illegal detention. The note was smuggled out of Sonipat jail. COURTESY ANKIT
A medico-legal examination submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 22 February found that Shiv Kumar, a Dalit labour-rights activist and president of the Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, faced severe custodial torture at the hands of the Haryana Police. The court had directed a medical examination in a plea by Kumarâs father, Rajbir, which accused the police of illegally detaining the activist on 16 January, when he was participating in the farmersâ protests in the stateâs Sonipat city. Th
Fight not yet over, says sister on labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur s bail
Kaur was on Friday granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court around six weeks after her arrest in a criminal case filed under several charges, including attempt to murder.
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NEW DELHI: The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is very long .
Kaur was on Friday granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court around six weeks after her arrest in a criminal case filed under several charges, including attempt to murder.