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SHEETAL BARSE VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN 

Being the daughter of a police inspector, Sheetal Barse worked as a freelance journalist contributing to various newspapers and magazines in the city, including Femina and Illustrated Weekly.

She, however, did not limit herself to reporting on issues but went beyond to pursue them beyond the field of journalism.

• From her field visits to data collated from various government authorities, she filed petitions in the High Court as well as Supreme Court.
• An activist and journalist, she is often credited with introducing the concept of child rights in India. She led many public interest litigation cases before the Supreme Court of India including complaints of custodial violence to women prisoners in the police lock-up in the city of Bhilwara.
• The petitioner stated in her letter that she interviewed five out of fifteen women prisoners in the bhilwara Central Jail with the permission of the Inspector General of Prisons between 11th and 17th May 1982 and five out of them told her that they had been physically assaulted by the police in the police lockup. 

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