News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Shiv Sharan Shukla
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:24 PM IST
Summary
The Supreme Court has asked the Allahabad High Court to consider granting bail to convicts who have served 14 years or more. Along with this, the Supreme Court has also directed to dispose of the pending cases at the earliest.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Allahabad High Court to consider granting bail to convicts who have served 14 years or more. Along with this, the Supreme Court has also directed to dispose of the pending cases at the earliest.
The Supreme Court said that appeals in about 183,000 criminal cases were pending in the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow Bench as of August 2021. There are about 7,214 criminals lodged in various jails of Uttar Pradesh, who have already served more than 10 years of jail, their appeals are also pending.
A bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundaresh expressed displeasure over the lack of preparation by the Allahabad High Court and the Uttar Pradesh government to deal with the issue of bail to such convicts. During the hearing, the bench granted bail to the accused in 21 such cases filed against the High Court’s denial of bail to the convicts.
Indeed, if a convict has served 14 or more than 14 years of sentence, he is likely to be considered for remission.
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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Allahabad High Court to consider granting bail to convicts who have served 14 years or more. Along with this, the Supreme Court has also directed to dispose of the pending cases at the earliest.
The Supreme Court said that appeals in about 183,000 criminal cases were pending in the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow Bench as of August 2021. There are about 7,214 criminals lodged in various jails of Uttar Pradesh, who have already served more than 10 years of jail, their appeals are also pending.
A bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundaresh expressed displeasure over the lack of preparation by the Allahabad High Court and the Uttar Pradesh government to deal with the issue of bail to such convicts. During the hearing, the bench granted bail to the accused in 21 such cases filed against the High Court’s denial of bail to the convicts.
Indeed, if a convict has served 14 or more than 14 years of sentence, he is likely to be considered for remission.