A man behind bars for over eight years as an undertrial in a murder case was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court after it noted that the trial in the matter was yet to conclude [Neeraj vs State of Uttar Pradesh]..A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath added that the release on bail would be subject to conditions set by the trial court."Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner has been incarcerated for about eight and a half years and that the trial is yet to conclude, we are inclined to grant him bail," the order passed on January 16 said..The Allahabad High Court had, in January 2018, rejected the bail application of the petitioner for a second time leading to the appeal before the top court. The second bail application had been pending before the High Court for five years before it was disposed of.The first information report (FIR) was filed in 2014, based on a complaint by the man's aunt. He was booked for the offences of murder, and use of criminal force to outrage a woman's modesty..Advocates Mohd Rashid Saeed, Aliza Ali, Priyam Kaushik, and Aashi Arora represented the accused. Additional Advocate General Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, and Sarvesh Singh Baghel represented the State government. .[Read order]
A man behind bars for over eight years as an undertrial in a murder case was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court after it noted that the trial in the matter was yet to conclude [Neeraj vs State of Uttar Pradesh]..A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath added that the release on bail would be subject to conditions set by the trial court."Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner has been incarcerated for about eight and a half years and that the trial is yet to conclude, we are inclined to grant him bail," the order passed on January 16 said..The Allahabad High Court had, in January 2018, rejected the bail application of the petitioner for a second time leading to the appeal before the top court. The second bail application had been pending before the High Court for five years before it was disposed of.The first information report (FIR) was filed in 2014, based on a complaint by the man's aunt. He was booked for the offences of murder, and use of criminal force to outrage a woman's modesty..Advocates Mohd Rashid Saeed, Aliza Ali, Priyam Kaushik, and Aashi Arora represented the accused. Additional Advocate General Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, and Sarvesh Singh Baghel represented the State government. .[Read order]