The Single Judge of the Puducherry High Court rejected bail and remanded the petitioner, by directing the lower court to conclude the trial within three months. The petitioner was under trial for sections of IPC and Explosive Substances Act.
Petitioner's bail petition dismissed; trial court directed to dispose of case within three months.
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Crl.O.P.No. 28581 of 2023
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T.V.THAMILSELVI, J.
The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 25.10.2021 for the alleged offence under Sections 120-B, 109, 147, 148, 341, 302 (2 counts) of I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of Explosive Substances Act read with Sec.301 and 149 of I.P.C. in Crime No.185 of 2021 on the file of the respondent police and a charge sheet filed in P.R.C.No.1 of 2022 and thereafter the PRC committal to S.C.No. 58 of 2022 on the file of learned III Addl. Sessions Judge, Puducherry, seeks bail.
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way connected with the offence. He would further submit that the investigation is almost completed and that the petitioner has been suffering incarceration for more than 2 years two months from 24.10.2021 and this is fifth bail petition. Hence, he prayed to grant bail to the petitioner.
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tampering the witnesses and hampering the investigation, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. However, the trial judge is directed to complete the trial and dispose the case as early as possible within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order without giving unnecessary adjournment, since because the accused is in judicial custody for more than two years and two months.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner, an under-trial accused, who has been in custody for over two years and two months, considering the gravity of the offences. If she should be granted b
T.V. Thamilselvi
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