{"id":74704,"date":"2020-12-30T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T05:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74704"},"modified":"2021-02-02T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:43:07","slug":"indias-system-of-bail-and-personal-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-system-of-bail-and-personal-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s system of bail and personal liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Synopsis<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; India\u2019s<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0bail system is facing in urgent need of reforms<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The refusal to grant of bail\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">violates right to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">liberty of individuals undergoing criminal prosecution by confining them in jails without trial and conviction.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:48,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is bail?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The bail is the sec<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">urity given by the defendant, it acts like a surety or guarantee for the defendant to show up in the court at a later date when summoned\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The su<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ty may be cash, the papers giving title to property, or the bond of private persons of means or of a professional bondsman or bonding company<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What are<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the concerns regarding granting<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bail<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in India<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>First,<\/strong> r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">outine rejection of bail by subordinate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ourts for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fthe simplest of an offence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Moreover, the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">majority of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arrested<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0under excise laws belong to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">marginalized<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0communities.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> More than two-thirds of the inmates are undertrials<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from Dalit,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adivasi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OBC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> communities, often accused of minor offenses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Second,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pending\u00a0bail pleas<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Courts should decide regular bail application within a maximum time period of 7 days from filing. Sadly, in practice, it is observed accused languish in jails for months waiting for disposal of his bail application.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The pendency of bail applications has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increased during the pandemic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">due to the shutting down of courts and the exacerbation of arrests for minor offences by the police.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Third,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">High\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">su<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reties<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to secure freedom<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; The bail amount in session courts, even for petty offences is a minimum of \u20b910,000 and \u20b930,000 in the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">case bail before the High Courts and the Supreme Court<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is a form of injustice when a majority of regular wage workers, 57% Indians earn less than \u20b910,000 per month.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Common citizens without the means or resources to move the High Courts or the Supreme Court were languishing in jails as under<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">trials<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A bogey of middlemen has also emerged due to these high bail amounts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Example of\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">absurd bail<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0conditions-<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CASE &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to two accused in a criminal case on the condition that they install a non-China made LED TV screen at the Gwalior\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">District Hospital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he same single-judge bench had directed the petitioners to register themselves with the district magistrate concerned as \u2018COVID-19 Warrior\u2019 so that they are assigned suitable work taking all prescribed precautions.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grant of bail on the condition to deposit c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ash\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">relief fund is improper and u<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">njust<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Way forward<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he courts while\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">granting\/<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disposing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bail applications ideally should draw a fine balance between the individual liberty and the interest of the society without compromising on either<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While granting bail the court must also look at the socio-economic plight of the accused\u202fmust also have a compassionate attitude towards them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis&#8211; India\u2019s\u00a0bail system is facing in urgent need of reforms.\u00a0 The refusal to grant of bail\u00a0violates right to\u00a0liberty of individuals undergoing criminal prosecution by confining them in jails without trial and conviction.\u00a0\u00a0 What is bail?\u00a0 The bail is the security given by the defendant, it acts like a surety or guarantee for the defendant to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-system-of-bail-and-personal-liberty\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s system of bail and personal 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