Overview
- Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria directed Faridabad jail to free Meenakshi by 4 p.m. the same day and to confirm compliance.
- The court released her on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.
- The sessions court had cancelled her bail after she changed lawyers six times, insisted on her personal presence despite a suspended sentence, and issued a non-bailable warrant.
- The appellate court refused to accept her mother's death certificate and ordered police verification as the appeal lingered for about eight years, with the petitioner citing medical issues.
- The Supreme Court said the proper step was to appoint an amicus curiae or grant time to arrange counsel, sought the State's procedural rules, and listed the matter to return in roughly three weeks.