ANISH DAYAL
Praveen Gusain@tinku@mota – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Anish Dayal, J.
1. By these petitions the petitioners, who are co-accused, seek regular bail in FIR No.665/2020 under sections 302/323/34 IPC registered at P.S. Ranhola. The petitioner was arrested on 30th June, 2020 and has been in custody since. Charge-sheet has been filed and the trial is progressing.
2. As per the case of the prosecution, on 27th June, 2020 information was received at PS Ranhola mentioning that "the finger of caller was bitten and bone of finger has been broken" and the same was marked to IO SI Amit Kumar. On inquiry, it was found that pursuant to an altercation, the parties had gone to the police station and the injured had gone to hospital for treatment. At the hospital, injured Jatinder Singh was found under treatment vide MLC 751/20, who later passed away. The case was registered initially under section 307 IPC since the doctor had opined the natures of injury as grievous. On 29th June, 2020, co-accused Amit Rawat was arrested by the IO. On the same day, information was received that Jatinder Singh had passed away. The post mortem of the deceased was conducted and blood from the clothes of the deceased was seized, cause of death was opined as 'cra
The main legal point established in the judgment is that bail is the rule and jail is the exception, and that personal liberty should be balanced with the need to secure the accused's attendance at t....
Bail is the rule and jail is the exception, and the length of judicial custody can be a factor in granting bail.
Bail is granted where the accused is not directly implicated in the crime, has no prior convictions, and continued detention is unwarranted due to the length of the trial process.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that bail should be granted when the evidence does not conclusively establish the accused's involvement in the alleged crime or conspiracy, and whe....
Under Section 439 CrPC, prolonged pre-trial custody, lack of direct evidence, and the presumption of innocence support the grant of bail, especially when co-accused have been released.
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