‘Very Disturbing’: Supreme Court Grants Bail to Odisha Life Term Convict Not Once Released for 22 Years

‘Very disturbing’: Supreme Court grants bail to Odisha life term convict not once released for 22 years

The court asked the petitioner to submit a personal bond of Rs 10,000 to the jail superintendent.

SC Grants Bail To Odisha Life Convict, Slams High Court For ‘Very Disturbing’ Order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court granted bail to a murder convict from Odisha who has spent more than 22 years behind bars, sharply criticising the Orissa High Court for rejecting his appeal solely on grounds of a nearly nine-year delay in filing it without examining the matter on merits. A bench comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan described the High Court’s decision as “very disturbing” and emphasised that the court should have taken…

Supreme Court grants bail to Odisha life convict after 22 years in jail, slams High Court order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered the release on bail of a life convict from Odisha who has remained behind bars for more than 22 years, taking strong exception to an Orissa High Court order which had dismissed his criminal appeal on the ground of a nearly nine-year delay in filing it.   Calling the impugned decision “very disturbing”, a Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the High Court ought to have adopted a…