P&H: Grants Bail To Accused Not Named In FIR; Notes Subsequent Implication Based Only On Co-Accused Disclosure
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to an accused in a murder case invoking the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, noting that he was not named in the FIR or the deceased’s last disclosure, and that his implication surfaced only through a co-accused’s disclosure and later supplementary statements.
Hearing an appeal under Section 14-A(2) of the SC/ST Act challenging a Sessions Court order that had rejected plea for regular bail under Section 483 BNSS. The FIR alleged offences under IPC Sections 302, 323, 325, 147, 148, 149, 506, 201 and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act...
