Some of the high court lawyers present at the Bolpur court on Thursday. Picture by Sekh Abubakkar Siddik Bolpur: A dozen lawyers, including 10 from Calcutta High Court, landed up at a Bolpur court on Thursday to defend free of charge two men who had been arrested for allegedly beating up a Trinamul worker earlier this month. The remaining three were sent to judicial custody for 14 days," said Firoz Kumar Pal, the assistant public prosecutor of the Bolpur court. "We have come on our own after we heard that innocent land losers were implicated in false cases with harsh penal sections. "We are really happy that a dozen lawyers stood for us in the court and are supporting our movement.

Source: The Telegraph November 23, 2017 20:03 UTC