“Whenever I go to meet her in jail, she asks if I have arranged a lawyer for her bail…she keeps crying and is concerned whether she will even be able to appear for her upcoming exams…even murderers get lawyers to fight their case but my little sister is languishing in jail because no lawyer is ready to take her case,” said Sahira, the elder sister of Sonu Mansuri, who was arrested last month on the basis of a complaint by lawyers linked to Hindutva outfits.
One month on, it is a “diktat” by the same set of lawyers that is allegedly preventing others from arguing for Mansuri’s bail, sources told Newslaundry. The counsel who had initially filed her bail petition remained absent at the four hearings this month, and the court eventually dismissed her bail plea on Monday.
