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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Under-Trial Accused in Murder Case Due to 9-Year Incarceration and HIV Condition. Long Incarceration Violates Right to Speedy Trial Under Article 21; Bail Granted Under Section 439 Cr.P.C.

The applicant, Ganesh Madhukar Mendarkar, filed a regular bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in connection wi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole for Medical Treatment of Mother Despite Prison Overcrowding. Parole granted under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 for compassionate reasons, not as a matter of right.

The petitioner, Roshan alias Chini Danichand Thakur, a convict serving sentence in Nashik Road Central Prison, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challeng...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Challenge to Conditions on Advocate-Prisoner Meetings, Directs Modernization of Jails. Prisoner's right to visits by family and friends under Article 21 of Constitution of India recognized, subject to reasonable restrictions, in line with Sunil Batra precedent.

The Public Interest Litigation was filed by a registered society and an under-trial prisoner challenging the communication dated 24th August 2015 issu...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Remission Power Under Section 432 CrPC — Emphasizes Need for Application, Reasoned Orders, and Procedural Fairness. The Court held that suo motu remission is impermissible, conditions must be reasonable, automatic revocation invalid, and reasons must be recorded for rejection.

The Supreme Court, in a suo motu writ petition, examined the scope and limitations of the power of the appropriate Government to remit sentences under...