local surety Archives

Mandating local surety from non-resident, not just logistical inconvenience but assault on fundamental rights: Punjab and Haryana High Court

In the present case, the petitioners from Kolkata had furnished local sureties in Gurugram, however the documents of the sureties turned out to be fake.

Case Briefs High Courts

Orissa High Court waives kin relative bail condition, terms it ‘onerous’ and contrary to Article 21

“Bail is the rule, but jail is the exception and an accused should be presumed to be innocent until proven guilty at the trial.”

multiple sureties fundamental right balance

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Need to balance the requirement of furnishing multiple sureties with an individual’s fundamental rights under Article 21: SC

“Excessive bail is no bail. To grant bail and thereafter to impose excessive and onerous conditions, is to take away with the left hand what is given with the right”