Was Arnab Goswami entitled to be released on bail? Of course. Bail not jail is the rule.
Bail not jail is the rule.
Advocate Mihir Desai
Are the 350000 yes three lakh fifty thousand undertrials (many of them for years and many for petty offences) who are as on 11th November 2020 in jails across India likely to get bail?
More than 1,20000 of them have been jail as undertrials for more than a year. At some stage in their long prison life may be but within four days of arrest. Not in your wildest dreams.
Well ok but as and when their cases are taken up they would definitely get a three day hearing in high court and one full day hearing in Supreme Court. Sure if you are living in Greenland.
In any case our constitutional courts will never refuse to entertain a bail application directly since lower courts are so overloaded. If your case is “important”enough, if you are not from the marginalised section, if you can afford to pay tens of lakhs in fees to lawyers only then can you meet such eligibility criteria. But arnab is innocent.
But all 3,50000 undertrials are presumed innocent till they are found guilty. Arnab has been maliciously prosecuted by the villainous police.
Police and CBI and NIA are of course normally neutral. See what a wonderful job they have done in arresting 84 year old priest, 80 year old poet, 66 year old author, some lawyers who dare to fight for human rights, pregnant student, journalist who dares to cover Hathras. But come on whenever the undertrials do get bail they will at least be immediately released from jail like Arnab.
Please do a reality check.
Arnab has been released on personal bond others will have to get one or two solvent Surities. Is it the judiciary’s fault that they are poor and can’t get surities and will continue to be in jail even after being granted bail? But hey Supreme Court has always said that personal liberty is the most important fundamental right. Absolutely.
That is precisely why they heard Habeus Corpus petitions within er… 12 hours ok no 12 days my mistake 12 months?
Sorry Sorry the Supreme Court is too overloaded don’t expect miracles.
Come on people stop grumbling we are in for great time.
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