00:00more news coming in the Allahabad High Court has ordered the immediate release of builder
00:09Abhay Kumar who was arrested by the police in a case of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta's death
00:14after falling into a pit in Noida's sector 150 a habeas corpus petition was rather filed by a
00:22builder by builder Abhay Kumar in the High Court seeking directions to declare his arrest detention
00:27and demand illegal none and void for not following the Supreme Court's directions in another case
00:33but the court has noted that facts of this case are covered by High Court's judgment
00:36since arrest of the accused was made in violation of clause 13 of the memo of arrest
00:42Srishti Hoja are joining us for the very latest on that the High Court ordering release of the builder
00:49in question relief for him but the fact remains that this case in fact through the spotlight on
00:55criminal apathy the irony of which Srishti even as we speak of this right now a similar incident has
01:01taken place in the neighboring city of Delhi well yes as far as this order from the Allahabad High
01:07Court is concerned it has come in as a huge relief for the builder Abhay Kumar who's also one of the
01:11accused now the court has very clearly directed the police to immediately release him holding that
01:16his arrest and remand in a way was illegal for not following the guidelines which were laid down
01:21earlier and also upheld by the Allahabad High Court itself in one of the cases now remember
01:26Abhay Kumar had moved the High Court with a habeas corpus petition not only seeking his release from
01:33what he alleged was illegal custody but he also wanted a declaration from the court to say that
01:39his arrest detention and remand was illegal as far as the court's order is concerned the court has said
01:45that the facts of this particular case are very clearly covered by the High Court's earlier judgment and
01:49the arrest of the accused was made in violation of clause 13 of the memo of arrest as far as this
01:56clause is concerned it talks about how the memo of arrest reasons for arrest need to be provided
02:02to the accused the reason needs to be mentioned in the memo also the relatives of the accused need
02:09to be informed about the arrest etc now according to the High Court those guidelines were not followed
02:14and therefore the court has directed that the accused be released in this case and also that the order be
02:20communicated forthwith to the authorities to ensure that the same is complied with so on a technicality
02:26on a legality aspect his arrest and detention in a way has been said to be illegal by the Allahabad High
02:33court and hence he will be relieved in person of this order back to you all right i'm going to leave it
02:38that for the moment srishti oja getting in those details where in the builder here had moved court
02:44and then has got relief it's a huge development in the noida techie that case remember you've raj
02:49had died after he fell into a rather his car fell into a pit just a few in fact weeks ago the court has now
02:57ordered relief for the builder who has filed a habeas corpus plea in the Allahabad High Court
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