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SC pulls up Telangana govt for detaining saree thief
People looting crores of rupees are \"enjoying life\" but a man is in jail for allegedly stealing five sarees, the Supreme Court said on Monday as it pulled up the Telangana government for keeping him under preventive custody.
New Delhi: People looting crores of rupees are "enjoying life" but a man is in jail for allegedly stealing five sarees, the Supreme Court said on Monday as it pulled up the Telangana government for keeping him under preventive custody.
"A person who has taken away crores of rupees is enjoying his life. But here a person who took five sarees and he is in jail," a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said.
The apex court, which was considering a plea filed by the wife of Ch Eliah who has been in custody for one year without any trial for allegedly stealing five sarees in Hyderabad, has listed the matter for further hearing on March 8.
During the hearing, counsel representing the state argued that the arrest was made after many traders in Hyderabad had complained about a gang of saree thieves operating there, which had prompted the police to arrest him.
Earlier, the state government had defended its move detaining Eliah from March 2016 under a preventive detention law.
