Remit of court is to dispense justice in accordance with law, not to send messages to society: Delhi HC grants bail in a Delhi riots case

Justice Anup J Bhambhani
Justice Anup J Bhambhani

Rejecting the Prosecution’s stance that granting bail at an early stage might send an “adverse message in the society, the Delhi High Court recently extended regular bail to an accused in a case arising out of the February Delhi riots. (Firoz Khan vs State)

Stating that a prison is primarily for punishing convicts, the Court has remarked,

(Prisons are) not for detaining undertrials in order to send any ‘message’ to society. The remit of the court is to dispense justice in accordance with law, not to send messages to society. It is this sentiment, whereby the State demands that undertrials be kept in prison inordinately without any purpose, that leads to overcrowding of jails; and leaves undertrials with the inevitable impression that they are being punished even before trial and therefore being treated unfairly by the system.
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