"Unbecoming Of A Fair Litigant": Allahabad High Court Censures Woman Who Protested In Courtroom Against Grant Of Bail To Accused
Live LawThe Allahabad High Court last week censured the conduct of a woman who protested in the courtroom against the grant of bail to an accused. Noting that she was purportedly from the informant's side, the bench of Justice Siddharth called her conduct to be unbecoming of a fair litigant.Essentially, when the Court granted bail to accused Sapna, a woman, who was standing in court room protested. Essentially, when the Court granted bail to accused Sapna, a woman, who was standing in court room protested in loud voice and was taken out forcibly by the lawyers and litigants. Against this backdrop, and further noting that the trial is not likely to be concluded in near future and that the applicant is in jail along with her two years old son, the Court decided to grant her bail on the condition of her furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned.