Bail cannot be denied by High Courts merely because of expedited trial: Supreme Court
A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said that the same went against Constitutions Bench judgments of the top court and such time limit should be set only in exceptional cases.
The Supreme Court on Monday lamented the fact that High Courts were setting deadlines for trial courts to complete trials and were denying bail on that ground.