The Bombay High Court emphasized that bail should be the norm in criminal cases, asserting that keeping individuals in jail without a trial constitutes pre-trial punishment. The court highlighted the urgent issue of overcrowded jails and underlined the essential principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty.
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In a striking verdict Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said the AAP leader was entitled to a “speedy trial” and that it would it be a “travesty of justice to send him back to a trial court. While allowing his bail plea in relation to the liquor policy case, the SC refused to restrain former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia from visiting Delhi Chief Minister’s office and/or the Delhi Secretariat.