Bhubaneswar, May 13 -- High Court of Orissa on Monday granted bail to the accused in a human trafficking and gang-rape case and issued an advisory to the police for violating the accused's fundamental rights.

Justice G Satapathy said the accused was detained for over 32 hours, "beyond the permissible travel time before being presented to a judge" and ruled that the arrests were made outside state jurisdiction. "Any failure to produce a suspect before the nearest magistrate within 24 hours violates fundamental constitutional protections," the court ruled.

The court said that officers must obtain a "transit remand" from a local magistrate before moving an arrestee across state lines.

Vepanjeri Dileep Kumar was accused of human traffickin...