High court says Farmer leader Beniwal's detention illegal

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 12:02 [IST]

Jaipur, Feb 24 (UNI) Rajasthan High court has asked the state government to release farmer leader and former MLA Hetram Beniwal forth with as his detention is illegal.

A division bench of Justices Shiv kuamr Sharma and R C Chauhan while hearing a habeas corpus by advocate Vikram Singh Nain yesterday directed the government to ''set Beniwal at liberty forthwith'' as his detention is illegal.

The government had detained the former CPM MLA in connection with the on going farmers agitation in Ganganagar district on October 8 last year.

The court observed that the proper procedure of law was not followed in his detention.The judges in their ruling said, ''in a democratic country no citizen can be detained without adopting the procedure of law.'' Since the procedure of law was not followed in this case the detention of the farmer leader is illegal. it added.

UNI

Topics: LAW-RAJ-DETENTION ILLEGAL

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