Action sought against: UP jail SP over release of 3 prisoners facing case

A special court in Mumbai on Monday directed the Inspector General of Prisons, Uttar Pradesh to initiate departmental inquiry against the Superintendent of Banda jail for releasing three prisoners even as there is a case pending against them.

The court said that it had previously issued orders time and again to the jail superintendent to produce Mohammed Qureshi, Sanjay Salunkhe, Wajid Ali Shah and Amir Shaikh in Mumbai as there is a case pending against them under sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

On June 12, it issued a show-cause notice to the superintendent after he had failed to produce the four, following which Shaikh was brought before the court on June 16.

Communication sent by the jail said that the other three prisoners had been released last year by the jail.

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“When he was aware that this case was pending before this court, he (SP) has released the prisoners from jail, instead of producing them before this court or handing over their custody to this court. It is serious misconduct on part of the superintendent. Hence, departmental proceeding is required to be initiated against him by the competent authority,” the court said.