The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of Head Constable Jaysheel Tiwari, charged by the CBI with murder and conspiracy in the custodial death of Krishna Yadav alias Pujari in Jaunpur, holding that his abscondence during investigation and trial and the gravity of custodial deaths left no ground for bail, while directing the trial court to expedite the trial.
The Delhi High Court has set aside a trial court order granting regular bail to a man accused of rape on a false promise of marriage, holding that the prosecutrix was entitled to be heard, and has sent the bail application back for a fresh decision within two weeks, without expressing a view on the merits.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has ruled that High Courts and Sessions Courts do not have the authority to order compensation while granting bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Manmohan clarified that the jurisdiction under Section 439 CrPC is strictly limited to deciding whether bail should be granted or refused during a trial. It does not extend to awarding compensation to an accused person.
