Finally after much hue and cry over Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur’s arrest, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted her bail in the third case lodge against her alleging offences under Section 307 (attempt to murder), Section 146 (rioting), and Section 353 (assault to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code.
Reportedly, she was already granted bail in the two cases lodged against her alleging extortion. However, she was still in the jail in view of the third case lodged against her, for which she has been granted bail today.
As Nodeep has finally got bail in all the three cases registered against her, she will be now released from jail.
The order was pronounced this morning by Justice Avneesh Jinghan who had called for all of Kaur's medical reports earlier this week. In today's hearing, he sought to examine whether the allegations of Kaur being tortured in custody were true, reads the information quoted in Bar and Bench.
It further added that Bail was granted upon a prima facie observation that there was nothing to substantiate the allegations of attempt to murder levelled against Kaur, among other reasons.