The High Court allowed a criminal appeal seeking bail. The court held that refusing to grant bail after the appeal was admitted, based on the trial court's refusal to hear the accused's arguments, was an error. The order granted bail, noting no hearing opportunity was lost.
Bail granted in the criminal appeal against the conviction order.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 1045/2023
Hansram S/o Bhagwan Singh, Resident Of Tejpur Police Station Halena, District Bharatpur (Raj) (Presently Confined In Central Jail Sewar, District Bharaptur)
----Appellant
Versus
----Respondents
For Appellant(s) : Mr. Rajneesh Gupta, Adv. For : Mr. M.K. Sheoran, PP Respondent(s)
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS
Order
03/07/2023
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(UMA SHANKER VYAS),J
Mittal /1
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court can allow a bail application when the trial court has refused to hear the accused's arguments as they could not give any statement.
Whether a conviction order based on a refusal to hear the accused constitutes a violation of procedural fairness.
Whether bail should be granted in the absence of a statement from the accused despite prior orders refusing bail.
Hansram S/o Bhagwan Singh
State Of Rajasthan
Jaswant S/o Nathhi Lal
UMA SHANKER VYAS
As recorded by the court registry
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