Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an affidavit on an interim bail plea filed by 74-year-old former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on health grounds, who was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Allahabad High Court bench of Justice Yaswant Verma rejected the bail application of Mehdi Hasan accused of murdering a two-and-a-half-year-old innocent girl.

Hon’ble Bench of two Supreme Court Judges directed the man Nilesh to deposit 30 lakh amount before the trial court. The court noted that Nilesh had already withdrawn the petition before the Gujarat High Court.

The case was related to the custodial death of an accused, who was arrested in a case of alleged rape and murder of a 16-year-old school girl in Kotkhai area of Shimla district. The trial in the 2017 case was transferred to Chandigarh on orders of the Supreme Court.

The Allahabad High Court has expressed displeasure over the Police officials for not informing the public prosecutor in time on the bail application, despite the directions from the Court.

The applicant states that he and his daughter are very apprehensive now that they would be killed in the same manner if Bapu is granted bail for medical reasons.

Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra appeared for the Asharam Bapu, while Senior Advocate Dr Manish Singhvi appeared for the State of Rajasthan.

“Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail Application is dismissed without expressing any opinion on merits of the case with liberty to the applicants to approach the concerned Court of Sessions,” the Court ordered.

The ASJ had arrayed Govind Singh as an accused under Section 319 (power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of an offence) of the CrPC.

The Allahabad High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of a bank officer, who was accused of forged verification of loans worth crores of rupees.