P&H Grants Bail To Accused In Murder Case; Reiterates Bail As Rule and jail is an exception; Right To Speedy Trial.
High Court has granted regular bail to accused where a man died after intervening in an incident involving a group assaulting a stray dog.
The petitioner was arrested in FIR registered under several provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The complainant alleged that multiple persons were present and, when his brother tried to stop them, he was attacked and later died. The State opposed bail.
The defence pointed out that the FIR attributed to the petitioner only pushing and punching the complainant, not the deceased; no weapon was attributed to him; and there was no allegation that he caused the...
