Allahabad HC Directs Etawah Jail Head To Allow Murder Convict To Pray 5-Times A Day During Ramadan & Retain Quran

A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Nand Prabha Shukla passed this order while disposing of a plea moved by the wife of a murder convict who claimed that her husband was not being allowed to offer prayers as per the religious practices in the month of Ramadan inside the prison and that the Quran has also been taken from him.

The bench was informed that the petitioner's husband is serving a life sentence for a 2005 murder case and is held in a high-security jail (in Etawah) due to his alleged involvement in a 2019 criminal case.

Before the bench, the Standing counsel submitted that the jail authorities would examine the petitioner's grievance in accordance with the law.

In the facts of the case, the bench disposed of the petition with the following direction upon the Jail Superintendent of Central Jail, Etawah:

“…ensure that the religious practices followed by the petitioner's husband of offering prayers at five times in the month of Ramadan is not interfered with and he is also allowed to retain Quran with him”

The bench, however, clarified that the routine security measures, which are being followed for the protection of inmates inside the jail, shall continue to exist.

Counsel for Petitioner: Deena Nath, Deepak Kumar, Himanshu Yadav

Case title - Uzma Abid vs. State Of U.P. And 5 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 97 [WRIT - C No. - 7449 of 2025]

Case citation: 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 97

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