Baburao Bhimsha Birajdar v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
In an interim application for suspension of sentence and bail under criminal appellate jurisdiction, the High Court of Bombay considered the health status of a 69-year-old applicant with paralysis. The court referenced a Supreme Court precedent regarding liberal consideration for short sentences but, aside from the order granting relief, recorded the applicant's critical medical condition.
What did the court decide?
Sentence suspended during appeal; Applicant released on bail on execution of PR Bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one or two sureties in like amount.