"Prolonged incarceration of undertrial violates liberty": Supreme Court relaxes bail condition of Nigerian in jail for 9 years in drugs case

The bail condition required the Nigerian national to get a certificate from the High Commission of Nigeria stating that he will fulfill the bail terms before he could be released on bail in a drugs case.

Supreme Court of India

Prolonged incarceration of undertrial prisoners violates their fundamental right to liberty and dignity, the Supreme Court recently observed while relaxing the bail condition of a Nigerian national accused in a drugs case [Ejike Jonas Orji vs Narcotics Control Bureau].

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