Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Murder Accused Detained for 5 Years Without Formal Charges Being Framed

Case: Jahid alias Javed Liyakat Ansari v. State of Maharashtra

Coram: Justice Bharati Dangr

Case No.: Criminal Bail Application No.2244 of 2023

Court Observation: “Though the material in the charge-sheet indicate the Applicant’s active participation in the subject C.R., if the concerned Court on account of the reason that it was embroiled in several time-bound matters, was not able to take the trial of the Applicant any further, I am left with no other option than to secure his release on bail, as he cannot be incarcerated indefnitely as an under-trial prisoner and it is more than fve years, he remained incarcerated without the trial.”

“With a heavy heart and with great regret, I must note that the judicial system has probably forgotten about this Applicant.”

“The apology, in whatever manner offered to this Court, in my opinion, is not of any succour to the Accused before me, who is incarcerated since 02/09/2018”

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