P&H: Grants Bail After More Than Six Years in Custody
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Gurpreet, also known as Kaka, who has been in custody since January 2019 in a murder case. The case concerns an FIR registered in Gurdaspur under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act.
Gurpreet’s counsel argued that he had spent more than six years in custody, that key prosecution witnesses had already been examined and that the trial was unlikely to conclude soon. The State opposed bail, citing the seriousness of the allegations.
Justice Sumeet Goel noted that 15 of the 38 prosecution witnesses had been...
