Delhi High Court directs man to serve for 3 weeks at animal care centre for violation of bail condition

The Delhi High Court earlier this week directed a man to serve for three weeks at Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre for violating his bail condition (Shahrukh Ali v. State of Delhi)..The direction came from the Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani which said that though it is not inclined to cancel the man’s bail, the measure was being suggested to atone for the violation of bail conditions.“In order to atone for the breach of the condition of suspension of sentence, we direct the appellant to render service gratuitously at the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre, Raja Garden, New Delhi (near Shivaji College and Delhi Home Guards Head Office) for 03 (three) weeks beginning 06.12.2021 between 01.00 p.m. and 04.00 p.m. every working day, by performing whatever tasks he is assigned by the Head of the Animal Care Centre,” read the Court order..The petitioner was granted bail by the Court in September last year. One of the conditions was that he should not leave Delhi during the suspension of his sentence. The Bench was given some photographs showing that he travelled to Rampur and Shimla, thereby violating the condition.Counsel for the petitioner, however, informed the Court that while he did not travel to Shimla, the only reason he visited Rampur was to fulfil his mother's wish to pay obeisance at the shrine for his release.The State also agreed with the submissions and said that though the bail conditions were violated, the man did not indulge in any illegal activity. Therefore, a lenient view should be taken in the manner..The Court meanwhile directed its order to be placed before the head of the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre. The institute’s head has also been directed to assign work to the petitioner and to file a compliance report in the matter..The petitioner was represented by Advocates Anupam S Sharma, Prakash Airan and Harpreet Kalsi. Additional Public Prosecutor Ashish Dutta appeared for the State..[Read Order]