The Bombay High Court has ordered the release on bail of two men accused of running a fake Amazon call centre that allegedly cheated US and Canadian citizens, holding their continued detention illegal due to the absence of valid remand orders. The court clarified that the investigating agency could rearrest them by following legal procedure.

A bench of Justices Sarang V Kotwal and Rajitsinha Raja Bhonsale said that it is the duty of the prosecutors, investigating and prosecuting agencies and even the jail superintendents to point out to the court, taking cognisance, “if there was no remand order from the court to continue detention of the accused who was already in custody, unless he is to be released under the orders of the court.”

In the October 21 ruling, the court held, “The detention of the Petitioners in jail is without any authorisation by a competent Court and, hence, their detention is illegal.…