The Supreme Court on Tuesday removed a bail condition imposed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on an accused person requiring him to deposit ₹50 lakhs for his release on bail [Mohanlal Maliwad vs State of Madhya Pradesh]..A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar noted that the accused man's incarceration had been prolonged as a result of the bail condition."As a consequence he has been incarcerated for the past nearly 3 years. The record discloses that the charge-sheet has been filed and the trial has commenced. In these circumstances, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail without the condition imposed by the High Court. Directed accordingly," the bench ordered..The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the accused against a January 2021 order from the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The High Court had granted him bail subject to the payment of ₹50 lakhs. .The appeal was allowed by the apex court, which directed that the accused be released on bail sans the condition..Advocates Sarvam Ritam Khare, Jayasree Narasimhan, and Akash Shukla represented the accused, one Mohanlal Maliwad.Government Advocate Abhimanyu Singh with advocates Bhagwan Jee Thakur, and Pashupathi Nath Razdan represented the Madhya Pradesh government..[Read Order]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday removed a bail condition imposed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on an accused person requiring him to deposit ₹50 lakhs for his release on bail [Mohanlal Maliwad vs State of Madhya Pradesh]..A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar noted that the accused man's incarceration had been prolonged as a result of the bail condition."As a consequence he has been incarcerated for the past nearly 3 years. The record discloses that the charge-sheet has been filed and the trial has commenced. In these circumstances, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail without the condition imposed by the High Court. Directed accordingly," the bench ordered..The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the accused against a January 2021 order from the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The High Court had granted him bail subject to the payment of ₹50 lakhs. .The appeal was allowed by the apex court, which directed that the accused be released on bail sans the condition..Advocates Sarvam Ritam Khare, Jayasree Narasimhan, and Akash Shukla represented the accused, one Mohanlal Maliwad.Government Advocate Abhimanyu Singh with advocates Bhagwan Jee Thakur, and Pashupathi Nath Razdan represented the Madhya Pradesh government..[Read Order]