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The Supreme Court judges have raised the alarm about indiscriminate arrests and the near-impossible chances of getting bail for undertrial prisoners in two separate fronts in a matter of a week. On July 8, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair got interim bail from the top court in a case registered against him in Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh for a tweet. …

Undertrial Prisoners Charged With Riot Cases, UAPA, PMLA, Etc. Not Entitled To Interim Bail Under HPC Guidelines: Chhattisgarh High Court

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Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC

In view of the recommendations made by the High Powered Committee dated May 12, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently directed that all convicts and Undertrial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to prisons after their release on interim bails last year, unless disqualified. A division bench comprising of Justice C Praveen …

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[Covid-19] Delhi High Court Directs 3499 Undertrial Prisoners To Surrender Before Jail Superintendents On Expiry Of Interim Bails

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed all 3499 undertrial prisoners who were granted interim bails on the recommendations of the High Powered Committee, to surrender before the Jail Superintendents on the expiry of their interim bail commencing from 7th March. The Division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh also directed the Director General of Prisons …

Delhi High Court Extends Interim Bails Granted To 3499 Undertrial Prisoners For Further 15 Days

The Delhi High Court further extended for 15 days the interim bails granted to 3499 undertrial prisoners expiring with effect from 20th February 2021. A division bench comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh delivered the order after the High Powered Committee vide its meeting dated 17th February 2021 decided not to recommend further extension of interim. A division …

Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC grants Varavara Rao six months interim bail, says 'genuine and fit case'

The bail conditions include a direction to the accused in Elgar Parishad case to stay within the jurisdiction of the Mumbai NIA court for the bail period Granting interim bail to ailing poet Varavara Rao for six months on medical grounds on Monday, the Bombay High Court, noting the well recognised fundamental rights of the undertrial to have quality medical …

Undertrials Accused of Economic Offences Not Eligible For Interim Bail As Per High Powered Committee's Criteria: Delhi HC[Read Order]

Delhi High Court has refused to quash the Minutes of Meeting held on March 28 by the High Powered Committee constituted to decongest the prisons whereby undertrial prisoners accused of economic offences or against whom enquiry is being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate have been excluded from the purview of interim bail. The order has come in a criminal writ …

Should we be looking at heath conditions or the gravity of offense for prisoners seeking interim bail on health grounds in view of the pandemic? Questions on whether it's right or wrong to keep vulnerable undertrial prisoners in jail have come up with the case of 79-year-old Telugu poet Varavara Rao who's been imprisoned since the last two years over …