New Delhi, June 26 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh jail authorities for delaying the release of a man whom it granted bail on April 29 in a case under UP's anti-conversion law, and directed the state to pay him 'five lakh as compensation.
A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh observed that liberty was a "very valuable and precious" right guaranteed under the Constitution and the man had lost his liberty for at least 28 days due to a "non-issue".
The accused was granted bail by the SC on April 29 and subsequently on May 27, a trial court in Ghaziabad issued the release order.
The top court was informed on Wednesday that the man was released from district jail Ghaziabad on June 24.
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