State under obligation to keep criminal records database updated: Delhi Court
The Court opined that previous involvement of the accused play a vital role at the time of the bail hearing and therefore, database on accused persons have to be regularly updated.
If despite acquittal from Courts, the system shows a person as a criminal without indicating the fact of acquittal, the presumption of innocence goes for a toss, a Delhi Court observed on Tuesday while hearing a bail matter [State v. Vikram].