[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar-Regular Bail-PART-VIII

Q.36 Why not during these “corona lockdown” days impose a mandatory bail condition to download Arogya Setu App and keep the applicant’s GPS and Bluetooth open? 1 SCC 240 = AIR 1978 SC 429 - V. R. Krishna Iyer – JJ, there is an observation by Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer to the effect “……It makes sense to assume that a man on bail has a better chance to prepare or present his case than one remanded into custody.” Q.38 Is it not permissible for the court to reject bail for the reason that the sureties are from another district or State or that the properties are situated in another district or State? The public prosecutor opposed the application contending that the subsequent bail application will lie before the High Court only. or in the law laid down by the Supreme Court that once an accused has withdrawn his bail application before the High Court, he cannot file a subsequent bail application before a Sessions Court and such subsequent bail application can only be filed before the High Court. Q.40 Where successive bail applications have been rejected by the High Court, is there any requirement that the subsequent bail application is to be placed before the same Judge?