Sharjeel Imam was granted statutory bail by the Delhi High Court in the 2020 communal riots involving sedition charges. He was granted the bail under Section 436A of the CrPC as he had already spent four years in jail out of the maximum sentence of seven years. What are the other provisions for undertrials?
A Mumbai court recently passed strong strictures against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on finding that the agency failed in its constitutional duty to ensure a speedy trial for the accused in a money laundering case.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to persons accused of taking Rs. 8 Crore to bribe Supreme Court s Lodha Committee and SEBI officials for getting necessary clearance for the property.