A recent Calcutta High Court order shows how personal liberties must be allowed to convicts as well. Calculating backwards, one can assume that the huge number of undertrials in Indian jails deserve their liberties too
The Supreme Court has directed the government of Tamil Nadu to consider the premature release of a convicted Sri Lankan national, who has already spent more than 35 years in prison
The anticipatory bail application has been filed with a prayer to grant an anticipatory bail to the applicant, Prateek Jain, in Case under Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 506, 406 IPC, Police Station-Sihani Gate, District- Ghaziabad.
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.