Dehradun, July 18 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 17 Jul: The Uttarakhand High Court has taken strong judicial action in a case of assault on a jailed POCSO undertrial lodged in Sitarganj Jail. Upon taking cognisance of the incident, the Court ordered suspension of, both, the Deputy Jailer and a Constable, and directed that names of all other individuals involved in the assault be presented before it. The case was heard by the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Mehra.

It may be recalled that the assault case was revealed during an inspection of Sitarganj Jail conducted on 11 July by Yogendra Kumar Sagar, Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, Udham Singh Nagar. Sagara submitted his report t...