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#1From: "chro chro chro" <chro@rediffmail.com> Date: Sun Mar 7, 2004 Subject: POTA detenus move Madras HC for bail The Hindustan Times, March 07, 2004, Sunday POTA detenus move Madras HC for bail Press Trust of India Chennai, March 6 : Five persons, including four women, arrested under POTA for over a year, on Saturday moved Madras High Court for bail. A Division Bench, comprising Justice VS Sirpurkar and Justice FM Ibrahim Kallifulla, issued notice to the 'Q' branch of the state police on appeals filed by Rita Mary, Satya Mary, Jayanthi and Satya alias Uma(all women) and Thanga Pandian, challenging a designated POTA court's dismissal of their bail applications on February 6 last. According to the prosecution, the accused, members of Radical Youth League, a front organisation of the banned Peoples' War Group, had entered into a criminal conspiracy on November 24, 2002 to commit acts of terrorism with the intention to 'over-awe' the state government and strike terror in the minds of people to achieve their objectives. Under the pretext of training in karate, they had formed an unlawful assembly in Utharangari in Dharmapuri and when confronted by the police they had fired at the police party, the chargesheet said. Their earlier bail applications were dismissed by the designated judge on October 6 last and February 6 last on the ground that they had failed to prove they were not prima facie guilty. "The reasons given by the special court for dismissing their bail applications are unsound and unsustainable," the applicants said and sought to set aside the designated court's dismissal of their bail pleas and grant them bail. Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) ----------------------------------------------------- #2 The Hindustan Times, March 07, 2004, Sunday POTA detenus move Madras HC for bail Press Trust of India Chennai, March 6 : Five persons, including four women, arrested under POTA for over a year, on Saturday moved Madras High Court for bail. A Division Bench, comprising Justice VS Sirpurkar and Justice FM Ibrahim Kallifulla, issued notice to the 'Q' branch of the state police on appeals filed by Rita Mary, Satya Mary, Jayanthi and Satya alias Uma(all women) and Thanga Pandian, challenging a designated POTA court's dismissal of their bail applications on February 6 last. According to the prosecution, the accused, members of Radical Youth League, a front organisation of the banned Peoples' War Group, had entered into a criminal conspiracy on November 24, 2002 to commit acts of terrorism with the intention to 'over-awe' the state government and strike terror in the minds of people to achieve their objectives. Under the pretext of training in karate, they had formed an unlawful assembly in Utharangari in Dharmapuri and when confronted by the police they had fired at the police party, the chargesheet said. Their earlier bail applications were dismissed by the designated judge on October 6 last and February 6 last on the ground that they had failed to prove they were not prima facie guilty. "The reasons given by the special court for dismissing their bail applications are unsound and unsustainable," the applicants said and sought to set aside the designated court's dismissal of their bail pleas and grant them bail. --------------------------------------------- #3Deccan Herald, March 07, 2004, Sunday Roshnabad jail under scanner Sher Singh Rana??™s jailbreak has turned the focus on the Roshnabad jail in Uttaranchal. From SHISHIR PRASHANT DH News Service, HARDWAR: With attacks on jail premises on the rise in the country, the controversial Roshnabad jail here is in focus again. The jail gained notoriety in the sensational Phoolan Devi murder case after investigators found that someone else impersonating as prime accused Sher Singh Rana was lodged in the prison cell on the day when the former bandit queen was shot dead on July 25, 2001. The jail now comes under fresh scrutiny after Rana escaped from the high security Tihar jail raising doubts about its security arrangements especially in the light of the series of attacks on jails in parts of the country. ???If Rana can escape from Tihar, then only god can protect the Hardwar jail,??? a police official commented. According to jail officials, there are only 60 security personnel manning the jail premises. Safety standards of the jail, however, say that it requires 127 security personnel. Most of the security personnel are also ill-equipped, they admitted. There is no watch tower in the Roshanabad jail. And during nights, most of the security guards work under mercury lights only. Moreover, the jail is overflowing with inmates. There are presently 603 inmates lodged in Roshanabad jail having a capacity to accommodate only 540. In March, 2002, three jail guards were suspended after a top gangster was caught red handed with a mobile and a cash of Rs 5,000. ???Although there were reports that women were being supplied inside the jail we have not found any proof so far,??? DIG Hardwar Ashok Kumar told Deccan Herald. In a petition filed before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr J P Pandey, a social activist, also alleged that liquor flows in the jail like water. Citing the case of Sher Singh Rana, Pandey alleged that several jail prisoners including the dreaded criminal Ram Pal had escaped at their will. Surprisingly, no heads rolled when it was found that one Shravan Kumar, a criminal from Bihar had posed himself as a proxy man in place of Rana at a time when Phoolan Devi was gunned down. Although the NHRC has issued notices to the Uttaranchal government, the case is still hanging fire. ---------------------------------------------- Courtesy:Mukundan C Menon Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) 3, Rams' Cottage Ambalathumukku, Pettah Thiruvananthapuram-695 024 (Ph.: 0471-2476262) Web: www.humanrightsindia.com www.humanrightskerala.com |
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