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.
A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid in the case relating to the violence that broke out in the Khajuri Khas area of North East district of national capital and said "chargesheeting him in this case on the basis of such an insignificant material is unwarranted."
The Supreme Court on Saturday granted bail to a man accused in the case of terror funding. The Court stated that it is the bounden duty of the Court to apply its mind to examine the entire material on record for the purpose of satisfying itself.
While the Constitution abhors the idea of indefinite incarceration, there is a culture of opposition by law enforcement agencies to deny bail. Indeed, time is at hand to redress this state of affairs, with firm judicial leadership.