The Patna High Court set aside the cancellation of a selected Police Sub-Inspector’s candidature for not disclosing a pending criminal case, holding that the case arose from a trivial family property dispute, proceedings were stayed, and the candidate was 23, so the non-disclosure could not be treated as fatal.
The Patna High Court has cancelled the bail granted by a Naugachia Sessions Judge to Tunna Yadav @ Tuntun Yadav, accused of shooting a man dead in a weekly market, holding that the order ignored the High Court’s earlier rejection and wrongly recorded that he had no criminal history, and has referred the judicial officer’s conduct to the Chief Justice.
Granting bail to a man accused of sending an email with derogatory remarks against the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, the Allahabad High Court held that if a case for bail is otherwise made out, an accused cannot be kept incarcerated solely because of his criminal antecedents, where those antecedents stand explained. The man had been in custody for about two and a half years with the trial moving slowly. The allegations are untested.
On Tuesday(16th July),The Supreme Court rebuked its registry for directing a case involving a service dispute and individuals with criminal histories to the Lok Adalat. The case involved an appeal challenging the rejection of a constable position due to nondisclosure of criminal prosecution, upheld by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in August 2019.
The Bombay High Court seeks new psychiatric, psychological, and Probation Welfare Officer’s reports for Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi, convicted of killing his mother and desecrating her organs in Kolhapur in 2017. The court is concurrently reviewing the state’s petition to confirm his death sentence and Kuchkoravi’s appeal against it.
Today(on 20th May), The Supreme Court rejected bail for ex-Samajwadi Party legislator Kamlesh Pathak under Uttar Pradesh’s Gangster Act due to his extensive criminal record. Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish C Sharma emphasized his influence in the region and the severity of the charges. Pathak’s previous bail grants in murder cases did not apply to the Gangster Act charges.