Supreme Court slams Ghaziabad jail for not releasing man over typo in bail order

The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the superintendent of Ghaziabad jail for not releasing a man named Aftab, just because of a small typing mistake in the court’s bail order.

Aftab, a Muslim man, had converted to Hinduism at an Arya Samaj temple in Tis Hazari so that he could marry a Hindu girl. The couple got married following Hindu rituals. However, after they eloped, the girl’s aunt filed a missing persons report. This led to Aftab being charged under the Uttar Pradesh law that bans illegal religious conversions.

On April 29, the Supreme Court granted bail to Aftab. But the jail authorities refused to let him go, claiming there was a typographical error in the court's order.


The top court expressed anger over this, saying that such small mistakes should not stop someone’s release from jail.

[With TOI inputs]