HC stays life sentence, allows release of four cops on bail

Relief granted considering that they have been in jail for over 4.5 yrs

The Gujarat High Court has stayed the life sentence of four police personnel, including an ASI, in a case in which a minor died following custodial torture inside the Juvenile Home. The HC also allowed the release of the four cops on conditional bail. The bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora and Justice S.V. Pinto granted the relief considering that the petitioner police personnel have been in jail for more than 4.5 years.