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No. If it was for Krishna Iyer, he would have said "NOOOO"
A fundamental right cannot be disposed of casually with the cryptic order: "Bail denied". Good reasons must exist for denial. The constitutional emphasis was made clear in Balchand (1977): "The basic rule may perhaps be tersely put as bail not jail".
Here we need to understand three things: (i) Bail is a fundamental right (ii) The norm is bail not jail (iii) Good reasons, with full explanation in writing must exist for denying bail. Building on this, in 1980, the Parliament added to Section 437 of the CrPC that even in the most punishable cases, special consideration must be given to juveniles under 16 years, WOMEN, the sick and the infirm. There are times when all these are lost by judicial amnesia, though. The English common law rule (now modified from 1984) is 'no arrest without a charge'. In India, we follow the Imperial Raj Law that custody may extend to 60 or 90 days in the absence of a charge sheet. Judicial custody orders after charge are possible but should be avoided. Swayed by the blitz of publicity and their own biases, judges treat an accused as a convicted criminal even though he is innocent until proven guilty (see Kashmira (1977)).
In this day and age, the four major concerns about bail can be easily met, namely: about the accused (i) absconding (ii) noncooperation with the police during investigation (iii) intimidating witnesses and (iv) tampering with evidence.In the case under reference, granting bail to the accuse
d is the only lawful thing to do. Thanks.
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ബഹു: അലക്സ് സര് പറഞ്ഞത് പൂര്ണമായും അങ്ങികരിക്കുന്നു. എന്നിരുനാലും പൊതുജനത്തെ കബളിപ്പിച്ചു തട്ടി എടുത്ത പണത്തിനു ഇതുവരെ ഈ അറസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യപെട്ട വ്യക്തികളുടെ സ്വത്തുകള് സര്ക്കാര് കണ്ടുകെട്ടിയില്ല(പതിനഞ്ചു കോടി രൂപ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയുടെ കണക്ക് പ്രകാരം) . എന്നിരിക്കെ ഇത്രയും നാള് നമ്മള് കണ്ട സമരവും മറ്റും പൊതുജനത്തിനു ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടിക്കാന് വേണ്ടി അല്ലാരുന്നോ.
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