Only, I needed someone well versed with criminal law who would also agree to draft the petition and argue it in court for free. Then on Friday, after both those options failed, I decided it may be best to take my petition to the Gujarat High court. I wrote to the local police, to the Inspector General of Prisons, but it changed nothing. That should qualify for the prison authorities thinking very hard before granting him leave again. I fought hard, saying this man broke his promise to the jail authorities the last two times he was on leave, by raping his wife, then attacking me. As I write this, I am wondering if I am living out some macabre version of the American drama series – `The House of Cards.’ I’ve spent the last week fighting an order made out by the head of the Sabarmati jail in Gujarat which released a convicted felon Suresh Richard Jadeja from prison for an annual two week leave.
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