The High Court had observed while disposing of the bail application that detention period and delay in trial are material factors for consideration of bail, but apart from that the nature of offence and its seriousness is also to be seen and the impact of bail on society at large.
Prosecution case is that a company in the name and style of Ummed Corporation Producer Company was floated by the applicant and her husband and other co-accused persons and cheated various complainants and victims by inducing them to deposit an amount of Rs.2 lacs each.
Learned Special Public Prosecutor also submitted that petitioner was suffering from ATPD, however, there are different subtypes of ATPD, some of which have a maximum duration of symptoms for one month and others for a maximum duration of 3 months.
Hafiz Abdul Majeed and Arun Kumar Jain and some others had been convicted for offence under Section 18, 18B and 20 of the UAPA and were awarded life imprisonment.
The Gauhati High Court has observed that after an accused has been granted bail by a Court, “the said Court had no authority in law to refuse the acceptance of bail bond”.
The Supreme Court today has noted that even charges have not been framed though considerable time has lapsed and 156 proceedings have been held prior to framing of charges in a case related to embezzlement of more than 70 crore rupees.
The accused had allegedly induced the other person to eat a halwa that the former had prepared, which was allegedly poisoned and this had been caught on camera.
This is the second case relating to the said violence in which Sidhu has been granted bail in connection with the violence that occurred in and around Red Fort on January 26.
Earlier in the day, Additional Sessions Judge Neelofer Abida Parveen had granted bail to Sidhu on a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties of the like amount.