K.T.THOMAS, D.P.MOHAPATRA
V. K. Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
(1) WE heard Shri Shanti Bhushan, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, Shri R.N. Trivedi, Additional Solicitor General and also all the other counsel who represented different States. Here is a very peculiar situation in which the petitioner, as sequal to the business transactions indulged in by him is now an accused for offences under Sec.406,409 and 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code not in one case and not even a dozen of cases but in a large number of cases pending in different States (it is pointed out cases are pending in nine States). He has no grievance that when he applied for bail the order has not been granted in his favour in any particular case. None of the courts in any of the cases found it necessary to refuse bail to him. But in spite of getting such bail orders granted in his favour he remains in jail for the last sixteen months without being released out. The reason for that is - the jail authorities find it difficult to release him since production warrants reached them from other courts as for the petitioner. Naturally the jail authorities will, have to keep him in detention for producing him before the court in compliance with such production
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