Economic offences have been given a peculiar position in bail jurisprudence under criminal laws in India. The concept of bail emerges from the conflict between the police power to restrict liberty of a man who is alleged to have committed a crime, and presumption of innocence in favour of the alleged criminal. When considering bail …
The caste system has been an inseparable part of Indian society which acts as a prominent dividing factor at both vertical as well as horizontal levels. This system has affected the reach of certain socially backward classes to basic resources and their freedom to choose their occupations and hence ultimately affecting various fundamental rights including …
The Scheduled Castes &The Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 Read More »
The term bail is nowhere stated under this code though the word bailable offences and non-bailable offences are defined under Sec 2(a) of this code. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, bail is a process to release a person from legal custody by undertaking that he/she will have to appear at the time of the trial …