Source: thewire.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Delhi:<\/strong> Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey of Jammu and Kashmir high court\u2019s Srinagar bench on Thursday directed the Agra Central Jail in charge to let a detenu\u2019s brother-in-law meet him.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie is a resident of Ari Gohal in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Akad Mattan and has been detained in the Agra jail. His brother-in-law Sajjad Ahmad Bhat will now be able to meet him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The court is also hearing a habeas corpus petition filed on Ganie\u2019s behalf, challenging his detention. Justice Magrey granted two weeks to the state to file a counter affidavit in the case and posted the matter for further hearing for October 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Magrey noted Bhatt\u2019s submission that the Agra jail authorities had refused his plea to meet Ganie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOrdinarily, there shall be no difficulty for the concerned jail authorities in allowing the nearest relations of the detenues to have a meeting with them. Even the Home Secretary to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, as stated by the learned counsel for the applicant\/petitioner, has instructed the concerned jail authorities to allow meeting of the detenues with their nearest relations,\u201dJustice Magrey observed in his order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Jail Manual also provides that the nearest relations of the detenues shall be allowed to have meeting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Magrey directed the jail in charge to facilitate the meeting between Ganie and Bhat after completing all the formalities in accordance with the mandate of the jail manual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\u201cFor the purpose of identification, the Aadhaar card of the applicant\/petitioner, bearing No\u2026and which the applicant\/petitioner has also produced before this Court, shall be considered. Copy of this order be provided to the learned counsel for the applicant\/petitioner under the seal and signatures of the Bench Secretary of this Court, today itself,\u201d his order read. \n\n<\/p>\n