The Allahabad High Court has clarified that no person can apply for bail in parts and that an accused is required to seek bail for all the offences for which he is wanted. “No person can be permitted to apply for bail in part, that too firstly getting bail by invoking powers u/s 437 CrPC and later on taking recourse …
In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has said that it is impermissible to dismiss bail applications for non-prosecution on account of the absence of counsel as it is violative of the fundamental rights of the prisoners guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. “When a bail application is dismissed for non-prosecution, the prisoner’s period of detention …
The Supreme Court has issued notice and directed the release of two women social activists who had been sent to judicial custody in Araria district of Bihar on July 10, for allegedly misbehaving and indulging in a verbal argument with the Magistrate of the Araria court, in support of a gangrape survivor. The Petitioners, Kalyani Badola and Tanmay Nivedita, both …
The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered "forthwith" release of two social workers who were sent to jail in a case lodged against them when they were accompanying an alleged gang rape victim at a court in Bihar's Araria district for recording of her statement before a magistrate. The order by which these two social workers were sent to custody was "totally …
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