Talwars will walk free from Dasna jail Monday
The dentist couple, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, who have been acquitted in the 2008 murder case of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, will be released from Dasna jail on Monday as the Allahabad high court verdict didn’t reach the jail authorities on Friday. Also tomorrow being second Saturday, prisoners are not released on holidays.
Dasna jail superintendent Dadhiram Maurya said that the dentist couple would be released only after authorities receive the court verdict. He said, “The jail closes at 7.30 pm. They will now be released on Monday because the couple is unable to furnish a surety under 437 section of Criminal Procedure Code ( CrPC). It is a second Saturday and court is closed and next day is Sunday. Therefore, the couple will be released only on Monday.”
Mr Maurya said as per Section 437 ( a) of the CrPC, even after their acquittal, the Talwars will have to furnish a surety to ensure that they are present in court in case the state files an appeal in a higher court. Jail sources said that the dentist couple looked quite relaxed after the high court ordered their acquittal. “They were allowed to meet on Thursday evening just after the news of their acquittal was flashed on TV channels. They met and talked to each other and went back to their respective barracks,” a senior official told this newspaper.
Unlike any other day, Rajesh attended around 40 patients at his clinic inside the jail. He usually used to attend 15- 20 patients everyday. During morning, Rajesh read all English dailies. But Nupur spent her day in a crèche she is running for children of women inmates.