Indicting the Punjab prisons division within the Nabha jailbreak case, a Patiala courtroom mentioned it was not potential to flee with out the involvement of officers.

The extra district and periods choose, HS Grewal, made scathing remarks in opposition to the prisons division in his judgment and likewise listed some measures to enhance its functioning.

“It has turn out to be inevitable to convey to the discover of the state authorities and likewise the DGP (prisons), Punjab, to make honest endeavor in the direction of safety because the lapses on the a part of the officers had been to that extent that any particular person may breach the safety cowl and there was no effort from the officers who had been performing safety responsibility on the premises of most safety jail, Nabha,” the courtroom noticed.

“They didn’t even make any effort value safeguarding their very own individuals. The officers engaged from PESCO for performing the responsibility on the most safety jail, Nabha, it clearly confirmed that the lapse on the half and on the a part of the officers contained in the deodi, which is just about unpardonable,” the order learn.

“Few people took the whole safety on the most safety jail for a trip. They even snatched their weapons and took away together with them,” it added.

“Besides that, the officers of the jail acted in a fashion to facilitate the whole jailbreak. Without their help or the involvement, it was neither potential nor it may have been achieved. There had been no CCTV cameras on the outer gate. The mentioned reality is additional a matter of concern because it was exterior the jail premises that quite a few individuals got here in a number of autos,” the judgment learn.

The courtroom deems it acceptable to convey the mentioned information to the discover of the state authorities in order that CCTV cameras with facility of audio, if possible, could possibly be put in on the nook and nook of the jail premises to keep away from any such uncalled for incident in future. the choose mentioned. “The most safety jail was having least preparations in the direction of the safety. Such cases will be utterly averted by taking cautionary and efficient measures in the direction of safety,” he added.

The courtroom additionally ordered the copy of judgment to be despatched to the state authorities by the chief secretary and DGP (prisons) to plug in all of the loopholes and put in strenuous efforts to make sure that there may be correct and efficient employment of safety officers, CCTV cameras are put in, so that each effort is made with utmost sincerity in the direction of the safety and correct monitoring of performing on the premises of most safety jail, Nabha, and the opposite prisons of the State, learn the judgement.

It is value mentioning right here that the then deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had suspended MK Tiwari (then ADGP, prisons), however he was later reinstated with none inquiry in opposition to him. He merely supplied his clarification in a letter and the then DGP requested the deputy CM to reinstate him.

On November 27, 2016, 15 gangsters dressed as police officers had infiltrated into the high-security jail and managed to free 4 of their associates and two militants, together with Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo.

Seven years after the sensational jail break, a Patiala district courtroom had on March 23 sentenced 22 accused to jail with their phrases starting from three to twenty years.