{"id":383369,"date":"2026-05-06T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=383369"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:27:45","slug":"right-to-speedy-trial-violation-justifies-bail-even-in-murder-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/06\/right-to-speedy-trial-violation-justifies-bail-even-in-murder-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to Speedy Trial Prevails Over Gravity of Offence; Bail Must Be Considered When Article 21 Infringed: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Supreme Court:<\/span> In a special leave petition (SLP) challenging Bombay High Court&#8217;s order dated 17 March 2026, regular bail was denied despite the petitioner being in judicial custody for past almost 4 years and not a single witness had been examined, the Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi, JJ., directed the petitioner to be release on bail, holding that in case of infringement of right of speedy trial, the Court must consider plea for bail, even where the alleged offence is of serious nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/05\/sc-cleaning-of-police-stations-bail-condition-null-and-void\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Abhorrent, Degrading, and Unknown to Law&#8221;; Supreme Court Declares Imposition of Bail Conditions Such as Cleaning of Police Stations as Null and Void<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the instant matter, the petitioner was arrested on 1 November 2022 in connection with an offence punishable under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\">302<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561652\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (IPC). He had remained in judicial custody since 1 November 2022. The trial court had framed charges in 2024, but still till this date not a single witness had been examined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/02\/crucial-for-courts-to-be-conscious-of-accuseds-right-to-speedy-trial-rather-than-lamenting-that-such-right-is-defeated-dhc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crucial for Courts to be conscious of accused&#8217;s right to speedy trial, rather than waking up too late and lament that such right is defeated: Delhi HC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the present case is the one wherein for <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;past almost 4 years, the petitioner is in jail but not a single witness has been examined&#8221;.<\/span> It stated that the right to speedy trial of the accused as enshrined under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\">21<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> stands infringed in the present case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/02\/17\/sc-grants-bail-to-uapa-accused-considering-5-years-as-undertrial-prisoner\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;If accused gets verdict after 6-7 years in jail as undertrial prisoner, right to speedy trial under Art. 21 is infringed&#8221;; SC grants bail to UAPA accused<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court asserted that although the petitioner was charged with the serious offence like murder but <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;howsoever serious the crime may be, if the right of speedy trial is infringed, then Court must consider the plea for bail appropriately&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court allowed the petition and directed that the petitioner to be released on bail, provided he was not required in any other case, subject to terms and conditions as deemed fit by the trial court. The SLP and any pending applications are disposed of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/01\/08\/reserved-judgment-cannot-be-sent-to-successor-judge-speedy-trial-delhi-hc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Delhi HC holds Sending case to Successor Judge for re-hearing after conclusion of final arguments and reservation of judgment contrary to right to speedy trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sahil Manoj Machare<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 7502 of 2026, decided on 4-5-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\">Mr. Risvi Muhammed, Adv., Mr. Sachin Jaysing Patil, Adv., Ms. Vishnu Priya, Adv. and Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR, Counsel for the Petitioner<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\">Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. and Mr. Aditya Pande, Adv., Counsel for the Respondent<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Constitution of India &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product\/the-constitution-of-india-coat-pocket-edition?products_id=100647\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product\/the-constitution-of-india-coat-pocket-edition?products_id=100647\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ebcwebstore\/images\/the-constitution-of-india-coat-pocket-edition-Gopal-Sankaranarayanan-ebc-front-cover.JPG\" alt=\"Constitution of India\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294438\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">In the instant case, the petitioner was in jail for almost 4 years, but not a single witness was examined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67514,"featured_media":383372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[13681,93877,6711,73245,49365,65504,23734,27314,5363,2790],"class_list":["post-383369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-article-21","tag-bail-jurisprudence","tag-criminal-law","tag-delay-in-trial","tag-justice-j-b-pardiwala","tag-justice-vijay-bishnoi","tag-right-to-liberty","tag-right-to-speedy-trial","tag-supreme-court","tag-Undertrial_Prisoners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Right to Speedy Trial Violation Justifies Bail Even in Murder Cases | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court holds that prolonged incarceration without trial violates Article 21, and even in serious offences like murder, bail must be considered when the right to speedy trial is infringed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/06\/right-to-speedy-trial-violation-justifies-bail-even-in-murder-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Right to Speedy Trial Prevails Over Gravity of Offence; 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