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A Humane Attitude Required When Dealing With Custody/Bail Of Accused

Emphasising on the necessity of ‘introspection’, while denying bail to an accused, the Supreme Court in Dataram Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., has granted bail to an accused observing that if the investigating officer does not find it necessary to arrest an accused during investigations, a strong case should be made out for placing that person in judicial custody after a charge sheet is filed.

A humane attitude is required to be adopted by a judge while dealing with an application for remanding a suspect or an accused person to police custody or judicial custody, the bench observed.

The court also said that following factors need to be kept in mind while deciding bail applications:

  • Whether the accused was arrested during investigations when that person perhaps has the best opportunity to tamper with the evidence or influence witnesses.
  • If the investigating officer does not find it necessary to arrest an accused person during investigations, a strong case should be made out for placing that person in judicial custody after a charge sheet is filed.
  • Whether the accused was participating in the investigations to the satisfaction of the investigating officer and was not absconding or not appearing when required by the investigating officer.
  • If an accused is not hiding from the investigating officer or is hiding due to some genuine and expressed fear of being victimised, it would be a factor that a judge would need to consider in an appropriate case.
  • Whether the accused is a first-time offender or has been accused of other offences and if so, the nature of such offences and his or her general conduct.

The poverty or the deemed indigent status of an accused is also an extremely important factor and even Parliament has taken notice of it by incorporating an Explanation to Section 436 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.


Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/humane-attitude-required-dealing-custody-bail-accused-sc-read-judgment/

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