India: UP HC quashes detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused
Allahabad, Dec 7 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed a detention order under stringent National Security Act and directed forthwith release of the detenue.
A bench of justices Pritinker Diwaker and P K Srivastava ordered the release of detenue Javed Siddiqui, arrested under the NSA allegedly for triggering violence against Dalits in Jaunpur district early this year.
The bench ordered "forthwith release" of Siddiqui, saying that the detention order against him was passed in undue haste by the executive authority.