Keep 'phone location on', court tells UAPA accused

Chandigarh, December 24

A woman facing allegations of posting about ‘Sikhs for Justice 2020 Referendum’ on her Facebook page has been granted regular bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the condition of keeping the location of her phone on till the trial’s conclusion.

Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal made it clear that the SHO of Jalandhar women police station would be informed and the petitioner would furnish her mobile number to the officer. She would not indulge in any illegal activity and appear before the SHO on the first Monday of every month till the trial’s conclusion. Justice Grewal took into consideration the fact that the woman, Deep Kaur, was in custody for more than two years and there was no likelihood of the trial being concluded soon. Besides, she had three minor children, one of whom was under two and lodged with her in jail.

The woman was seeking regular bail through counsel Simranjit Singh and Arnav Sood in an FIR registered at Rangar Nangal police station in Batala on May 31, 2018, under Sections 307, 438, 427, 148 and 149 of the IPC and other provisions of the UAPA. — TNS