Amritsar, Dec. 1 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Kanchanpreet Kaur, the daughter of Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa who unsuccessfully contested the recently held Tarn Taran bypoll, was released in the early hours of Sunday after a late-night hearing at the trial court.

She had been arrested on Friday after five hours of questioning in a case related to voter intimidation, registered at the Chabhal police station on November 11. While initially, the case was registered against her husband, Amritpal Singh Baath, who is allegedly a gangster based abroad, she was subsequently nominated in the case.

To challenge her arrest, the SAD legal cell head advocate Arshdeep Singh Kler filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC). Respondi...