The Gauhati HC said the change can be made owing to the exceptional circumstances now
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, while modifying its last year’s order in a suo moto writ petition concerning the Covid situation in the state, has directed the authorities to release foreigner detenues who have completed two years of detention on personal bond of Rs 5,000 and one surety, instead of two, owing to the exceptional circumstances of second Covid-19 wave.
“No separate order needs to be passed in each case and the concerned authorities are hereby directed, wherever such detenues are detained, to release them forthwith as and when they complete their two years of detention with the following modification that under these exceptional circumstances of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, they may be released on their personal bond of Rs 5 ,000 and one surety instead of two sureties,” the order stated.