Hearing a writ petition filed in connection with alleged ‘illegal detention’ by the Samata Nagar police, the Bombay High Court has asked the public prosecutor to produce clinching evidence.

Petitioner Sumeet Shukla, a 30-year-old Virar resident, has sought relief for his father Vijayraj Shukla and a co-accused Shailesh Tiwari who were arrested for road rage and alleged kidnapping of a businessman on September 23. Sumeet told mid-day that his father and others were produced before Borivali court more than 60 hours after they were taken into custody by the Samata Nagar police which amounts to illegal detention.