The police officer said his claim would be verified.
A division bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Manjive Shukle observed in its order issued on Monday that taking a child by way of adoption or foster care is neither contrary to the practices prevailing in societies nor is something to be looked down upon.
Ismail was a witness to the gangrape and murder of his wife.
Former Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana high court about seven months after her conviction in a case for conspiring in forcible abduction, kidnapping and wrongful confinement in connection with the killing of her daughter.
