{"id":197340,"date":"2022-07-26T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=197340"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:22:17","slug":"reform-bail-law-but-make-the-right-diagnosis-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/reform-bail-law-but-make-the-right-diagnosis-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform bail law, but make the right diagnosis first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cReform bail law, but make the right diagnosis first\u201d<\/strong> published in The Hindu <\/b>on\u00a026th July 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 \u2013 Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the bail reforms in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Over 75% of India\u2019s prison population are undertrial while overcrowding in Indian prisons stands at 118%. The Supreme Court of India in the Satender Kumar Antil vs CBI case<\/strong>, acknowledged the ineffectiveness of India\u2019s bail system and its contribution to the above crisis.<\/p>\n

What is the significance of the court ruling?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0Explained: The bail law and Supreme Court call for reform<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the procedure to get bail?<\/h5>\n

The power to grant bail is largely based on the court\u2019s discretion and depends on the facts of each case. The Supreme Court has many times laid down principles for guiding the exercise of such discretion by courts in deciding bail applications.<\/p>\n

These guidelines stress the need to release applicants. Despite existing guidelines, courts do not usually record reasons for rejecting bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Significance of bail: A shot in the arm for rule of law<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the challenges in bail compliance?<\/h5>\n

Marginalised sections are either denied bail or granted bail with onerous conditions. Some common conditions are the nature of cash bonds, surety bonds, proof of property ownership and solvency.<\/p>\n

Lack of means to arrange for money\/property and local sureties are the most significant reasons accounting for an undertrial\u2019s inability to comply with bail conditions. Hence, more undertrial prisoners are languishing in jails.<\/p>\n

The other factors are a)<\/strong> lack of residence and identity proof, b)<\/strong> abandonment by family and c)<\/strong> limitations in navigating the court system. These also undermine an undertrial\u2019s ability to comply with bail conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0Bail\u2019s in our courts: SC\u2019s idea on new bail law must be taken up by GoI. But judicial officers need reforming too<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to reform the bail system comprehensively?<\/h5>\n

The bail system presumes that the risk of financial loss is necessary<\/strong> to ensure the presence of the accused in court. Such assumptions have the effect of rendering the rule of \u2018bail not jail\u2019 meaningless for a significant proportion of undertrial persons.<\/p>\n

A careful re-evaluation of the presumptions is imperative. An effective bail law must be based on the correlation of the following,<\/p>\n

a)<\/strong> Proportion of undertrials applying for bail, b) <\/strong>Proportion of bail applications accepted or rejected, c)<\/strong> The amount of bail compliance and the amount of denial of bail, d) <\/strong>demographics of undertrials, e)<\/strong> category of offences and timelines for bail, f)<\/strong> address socio-economic and structural barriers and g)<\/strong> effective enforcement of safeguards against arbitrary arrest that would eliminate the need to seek bail from courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0Explained: When can an individual get statutory bail?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cReform bail law, but make the right diagnosis first\u201d published in The Hindu on\u00a026th July 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Relevance: About the bail reforms in India. News: Over 75% of India\u2019s prison… Continue reading Reform bail law, but make the right diagnosis first<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-197340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}