The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the trend of High Courts passing conditional bail orders which state that the bail shall come into effect after a period of six months or a year [Jitendra Paswan v. State of Bihar]..A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing an appeal against a Patna High Court order saying that a murder accused be released on bail after six months.The top court objected to the same."This is extremely strange. Some courts are granting bail for 6 months or 1 year and this is new trend now. It is like that I am granting you bail but I will release you after 6 months. What is this," the Court remarked..The Court then proceeded to grant interim bail to the accused, and sought the response of the Bihar government in the matter by September 2.The Bench was hearing an appeal against an April 19 Patna High Court order passed by Justice Dr. Anshuman.The order under challenge had stated:"Let the petitioner Jitendra Paswan ... be released on bail, but after six month from today, on furnishing bail bonds of ₹30,000 with two sureties of the like amount each."Aggrieved, the accused moved the top court..The appeal was filed through advocate Satya Mitra.
The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the trend of High Courts passing conditional bail orders which state that the bail shall come into effect after a period of six months or a year [Jitendra Paswan v. State of Bihar]..A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing an appeal against a Patna High Court order saying that a murder accused be released on bail after six months.The top court objected to the same."This is extremely strange. Some courts are granting bail for 6 months or 1 year and this is new trend now. It is like that I am granting you bail but I will release you after 6 months. What is this," the Court remarked..The Court then proceeded to grant interim bail to the accused, and sought the response of the Bihar government in the matter by September 2.The Bench was hearing an appeal against an April 19 Patna High Court order passed by Justice Dr. Anshuman.The order under challenge had stated:"Let the petitioner Jitendra Paswan ... be released on bail, but after six month from today, on furnishing bail bonds of ₹30,000 with two sureties of the like amount each."Aggrieved, the accused moved the top court..The appeal was filed through advocate Satya Mitra.