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Keeping hardcore criminals in a cell for 22 hrs a day illegal: HC

  • 03 Jul 2021

The Punjab and Haryana HC on Thursday said that keeping hardcore criminals in a cell for 22 hours is "illegal", "impermissible" and violates "rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution". HC made these observations while hearing pleas of inmates lodged in a jail in Bathinda. "A prisoner remains a person and cannot be reduced to animal existence," HC said.