SC Grants Bail as Five-Year Undertrial Detention Violated Right to Speedy Trial

Tapas Kumar Palit Vs State of Chhattisgarh (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal against the Chhattisgarh High Court’s order refusing bail and directed the release of the appellant in a case involving offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), the Chhattisgarh Vishesh Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam, 2005, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The appeal arose from the High Court’s judgment dated 16 February 2024, which had declined to grant bail in connection with Sessions Case No. 32/2020 arising out of FIR No. 9/2020. According to the prosecu...