CJM permits Irom Sharmila to appear before Patiala House Court
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 13 2014 :
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal East today granted permission to the Superintendent of Manipur Central Jail for ex-State Court production of Irom Chanu Sharmila before the Metropolitan Magistrate of Patiala House Court, New Delhi on May 28 .
During the charge-sheet hearing today of a case against Irom Sharmila for her alleged attempt to commit suicide, Superintendent of Manipur Central Jail B Golianmang filed an application to the CJM seeking permission for Sharmila's Court production in New Delhi in connection with an FIR case filed by Delhi Police against her under section 309 of IPC.
The CJM further ordered the jail authorities to bring Sharmila before the Court again on May 21 and submit her mental and physical fitness status report.
Talking to media persons after being produced before the CJM, Sharmila said that justice is coming to her way at last.
She has been granted the right to seek justice in law court.
Her movement is for the cause of human rights and not for committing suicide as falsely implicated by the State authorities, she reiterated.
Sharmila would be taken to New Delhi on May 27 for ex-State Court production before the Metropolitan Magistrate of Patiala House Court on May 28.She would return Imphal on May 29 .
The jail authorities have also taken up all necessary measures to take Sharmila before the Patiala House Court.
She will be accompanied by a doctor, two nurses, a police constable and a jail staff.