{"id":386275,"date":"2026-06-05T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=386275"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:40:04","slug":"bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#8217;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">District &amp; Sessions Court, Surat:<\/span> The District and Sessions Judge, Vinod V. Parmar allowed the bail applications filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804220\" target=\"_blank\">483<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (BNSS) highlighting the principle of &#8220;Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception&#8221; as an important facet of our criminal jurisprudence. The Court also applied the terms and conditions to be followed by the applicant-accused to be released on regular bail.<\/p>\n<p>The Court observed that,<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;There are instances in our criminal law where a reverse onus has been placed on an accused. Yet another important facet of our criminal jurisprudence is that the grant of bail is the general rule and putting a person in jail is an exception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The case arose when the applicants were arrested in connection for the offences punishable under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803454\" target=\"_blank\">118(1)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803532\" target=\"_blank\">189(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803532\" target=\"_blank\">189(4)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803534\" target=\"_blank\">190<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(1)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(3)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803451\" target=\"_blank\">115(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803651\" target=\"_blank\">296(B)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803683\" target=\"_blank\">324(4)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803683\" target=\"_blank\">324(6)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803713\" target=\"_blank\">351(3)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803714\" target=\"_blank\">352<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803741\" target=\"_blank\">54<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804326\" target=\"_blank\">Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (BNS) and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000517931\" target=\"_blank\">135<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000518724\" target=\"_blank\">Gujarat Police Act, 1951<\/a> on 14 May 2026 and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Surat, thereafter, they were sent to judicial custody.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The applicants aggrieved by the order filed an application of bail under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804220\" target=\"_blank\">483<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a> and submitted that they are innocent and they had not committed any offence as mentioned in the application. They argued that injured have been discharged from the hospital, and now they are out of danger. If they are kept in judicial custody then it would amount to pretrial punishment. It was further argued that they are the resident of Surat and if were released on bail then they will abide by all the conditions imposed by the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In contrary to the above submissions, the opponent (State) submitted that accused conspired with other co-accused and assaulted and injured the victims by knife, wooden stick and iron rod and inflicting injuries on different body parts and also quarreled and abused them. It was also stated that if the applicants are enlarged on bail then there is likelihood of repetition of the offence, considering that the investigation of the offence is still going on and investigation will hinder.<\/p>\n<h3>Decision and Analysis<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court while considering an application for grant of bail stated that the only required to see whether prima facie case exists or not, the has to also consider the seriousness of offence, provisions of punishment of the crime, evidence against the accused, if bail is granted, accused will not flew away, temper with the witnesses, not committing the same offence again, age of accused, health, character, past history, the circumstances in which the offence is committed, interest of State, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court emphasised that it is aware of the principle &#8220;Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception&#8221;. There are no hard and fast rules for allowing or disallowing the bail but the Court has to consider the facts and merits of the case and take the decision accordingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court highlighted that there are instances in our criminal law where a reverse onus has been placed on an accused with regard to some specific offences but that is another matter and does not detract from the fundamental postulate in respect of other offences. Yet another important facet of our criminal jurisprudence is that the grant of bail is the general rule and putting a person in jail or in a prison or in a correction home (whichever expression one may wish to use) is an exception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court reiterated the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sanjay Chandra<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">CBI<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Juu2zt1S\" target=\"_blank\">(2012) 1 SCC 40<\/a>, that the main intention of bail is to confirm the presence of accused at the time of trial and to allow the bail is rule and sent to jail is an exception. The Court also mentioned that in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dataram Singh<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of U.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Tk72fe8d\" target=\"_blank\">(2018) 3 SCC 22<\/a> the Supreme Court has held that a fundamental postulate of criminal jurisprudence is the presumption of innocence, meaning thereby that a person is believed to be innocent until found guilty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted the prosecution&#8217;s case that the accused conspired with other co-accused, assaulted and injured the victims by knife, wooden stick and iron rod and inflicted injuries on different body parts and also quarreled and abused them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further specified that the applicants-accused are behind the bar since 14 May 2026. It further transpires that necessary investigation qua the applicants appears to be over. At the very outset, considering overall facts and circumstances and also carefully perused the guided ratios laid down by the higher courts in the aforesaid judgments, there seems to have reasonable ground to exercise discretionary power in favour of the present applicants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court opined that as the applicants are permanent resident of territorial jurisdiction of Surat, so their presence at the time of trial can be secured by way of personal bond as well as by imposing strict condition upon them. Therefore, the applicants are entitled to get bail facility from the offence registered against them.<\/p>\n<p>The Court hereby allowed the applicants are ordered to be released on regular bail under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804220\" target=\"_blank\">483<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a> in connection for the offences punishable under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803454\" target=\"_blank\">118(1)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803532\" target=\"_blank\">189(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803532\" target=\"_blank\">189(4)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803534\" target=\"_blank\">190<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(1)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803535\" target=\"_blank\">191(3)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803451\" target=\"_blank\">115(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803651\" target=\"_blank\">296(B)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803683\" target=\"_blank\">324(4)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803683\" target=\"_blank\">324(6)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803713\" target=\"_blank\">351(3)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803714\" target=\"_blank\">352<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803741\" target=\"_blank\">54<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804326\" target=\"_blank\">BNS<\/a> and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000517931\" target=\"_blank\">135<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000518724\" target=\"_blank\">Gujarat Police Act<\/a> on their executing bond of &#8377; 50,000 with 2 sureties of like amount (each for each applicant) on the following terms and conditions:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall mark their presence before the police station concerned once between every 1st to 5th date of English calendar month between 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. till 6 months from today or trial is over, which is earlier.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall not take undue advantage of their liberty or misuse their liberty and not to involve in any type of another criminal offence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall maintain law and order and shall render co-operation to the investigating officer in carrying out investigation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to the police officers or tamper with the evidence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall not leave the territory of India without the permission of this Court and the applicants shall surrender their passport within a week, if any, to the trial court and if they have no passport, then shall file affidavit to that effect.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The applicants-accused shall furnish their permanent and business address to the Court concerned at the time of execution of bond and if they change any of their address, then he shall disclose their address of the new residence before investigating officer as well as the Court concerned within the 8 days.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The surety of the applicant-accused shall have to produce a copy Aadhaar card or election card or any identity card and their photographs and these photographs shall not be more than 6 months&#8217; old, at the time of execution of bond.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In case the Investigation Officer finds that the applicants breaches any of the above conditions, the Investigating Officer shall be at liberty to pray for cancellation of bail of the applicants- accused herein.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">For any other condition modification, applicants to apply before trial Court for decision on merits and law.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">At last the Court specified that in case the investigation officer finds that the applicants breach any of the above conditions, the investigating officer shall be at liberty to pray for cancellation of bail of the applicants-accused herein.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chirag Satishbhai Rathod<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Gujarat<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9003498921\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SCC OnLine Dis Crt (Guj) 2<\/a>, decided on 22-5-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; text-indent: 18pt; border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background-color: #DCDCDC;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment authored by: District and Sessions Judge, Vinod V. Parmar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Applicant:<\/span> P. D. Mangukiya, Advocate<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the State:<\/span> S. K. Gohil, A.G.P<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Seven accused, arrested on 14 May 2026 for an alleged knife, wooden stick and iron rod attack on multiple victims, were granted bail by the Surat Court just eight days later, after observing that bail is the general rule under Indian criminal jurisprudence regardless of the seriousness of the offence alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":386285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4721],"tags":[106313,106315,106322,32995,106321,106310,106319,34511,27054,106317,29587,106316,4591,106318,106320,106314,77533,106312,35694,106311],"class_list":["post-386275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-district-court","tag-bail-is-rule-and-jail-is-an-exception","tag-106315","tag-be-innocent-until-found-guilty","tag-criminal-jurisprudence","tag-dataram-singh-v-state-of-u-p","tag-district-sessions-court","tag-fundamental-postulate","tag-grant-of-bail","tag-judicial-custody","tag-no-hard-and-fast-rules","tag-presumption-of-innocence","tag-pretrial-punishment","tag-prison","tag-reverse-onus","tag-sanjay-chandra-v-cbi","tag-section-135-of-gujarat-police-act","tag-section-483-bnss","tag-section-483-of-bharatiya-nagarik-suraksha-sanhita-2023","tag-surat","tag-vinod-v-parmar"],"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>&#039;Bail is Rule, Jail is Exception&#039;: Surat Court grants Bail to 7 Accused 8 Days After Arrest| SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle &#039;Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception&#039;.\" \/>\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\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#039;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle &#039;Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception&#039;.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"&#039;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#039;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#8217;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1279,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'\",\"1951\",\"be innocent until found guilty\",\"Criminal Jurisprudence\",\"Dataram Singh v. State of U.P\",\"District &amp; Sessions Court\",\"fundamental postulate\",\"Grant of Bail\",\"judicial custody\",\"no hard and fast rules\",\"presumption of innocence\",\"pretrial punishment\",\"prison\",\"reverse onus\",\"Sanjay Chandra v. CBI\",\"Section 135 of Gujarat Police Act\",\"Section 483 BNSS\",\"section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023\",\"Surat\",\"Vinod V. Parmar\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"District Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/\",\"name\":\"'Bail is Rule, Jail is Exception': Surat Court grants Bail to 7 Accused 8 Days After Arrest| SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle 'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"Bail is rule Jail is Exception\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/05\\\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#8217;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_4\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Bail is Rule, Jail is Exception': Surat Court grants Bail to 7 Accused 8 Days After Arrest| SCC Times","description":"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle 'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception': Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack","og_description":"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle 'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"'Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception': Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"headline":"&#8216;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#8217;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack","datePublished":"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/"},"wordCount":1279,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp","keywords":["'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'","1951","be innocent until found guilty","Criminal Jurisprudence","Dataram Singh v. State of U.P","District &amp; Sessions Court","fundamental postulate","Grant of Bail","judicial custody","no hard and fast rules","presumption of innocence","pretrial punishment","prison","reverse onus","Sanjay Chandra v. CBI","Section 135 of Gujarat Police Act","Section 483 BNSS","section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023","Surat","Vinod V. Parmar"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","District Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/","name":"'Bail is Rule, Jail is Exception': Surat Court grants Bail to 7 Accused 8 Days After Arrest| SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-05T09:30:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T09:40:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"Surat granted bail under S. 483 BNSS to seven accused eight days after arrest for alleged assault, holding, highlighting the principle 'Bail is Rule and Jail is an Exception'.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"Bail is rule Jail is Exception"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/05\/bail-is-rule-jail-is-an-exception-section-483-bnss-district-and-sessions-court-surat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Bail is Rule and Jail is Exception&#8217;: Surat Court Grants Bail to Seven Accused Eight Days After Arrest for Knife and Iron Rod Attack"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bail-is-rule-Jail-is-Exception.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386277,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386275\/revisions\/386277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}