India, Sept. 3 -- The Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed the detention order against a 25-year-old Delhi University (DU) graduate who has been in judicial custody for around five months in connection with the Noida workers' protest of April 2026, saying her detention was based on a "concocted story".

Allowing the habeas corpus petition, a division bench comprising justice Atul Sreedharan and justice Achal Sachdev directed the immediate release of Akriti Chaudhary if her arrest was not warranted in any other case. The court also directed the state to pay her compensation of Rs.5 lakh, according to Charlie Prakash, the petitioner's counsel.

The development came as the bench found several lapses after closely examining the sequence ...