Prayagraj, Oct 18 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Saturday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Police for the “illegally detention” of an interfaith couple without any direction/order for taking them into custody, and ordered their release.

In pursuance of a direction of the high court, police on Saturday produced the interfaith couple, who were taken into custody after they left the court premises on October 15, before a bench of Justices Salil Kumar Rai and Divesh Chandra Samant.

The bench termed the custody of Shane Ali and Rashmi “illegal” due to the absence of any direction/order to that effect, and directed that the interfaith couple be released forthwith.

Noting that the girl was a major and police couldn’t have taken her into custody without direction from the competent authority, the

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