Stringent Bail conditions violates right of personal liberty of accused: HC

Bhagwat Joshi @ Shankar Lal Joshi Vs State of Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh High Court) Condition for grant of bail should not be stringent, as it would violate accused right of personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER /JUDGEMENT “The delicate light of the law favours release countered by the negative criteria necessitating that course. The corrective instinct of the law plays upon release orders by strapping on to them protective and curative conditions. Heavy bail from poor men is obviously wrong. Poverty is society’s malady and s...