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Detaining prisoner for long period without trial amounts to "pre-trial punishment": HC

Mumbai May 11 (UNI) The Bombay High Court has ruled that detaining a prisoner for a long period without trial amounts to "pre-trial punishment".
While the principle of bail is the rule, and refusal is an exception, a lawyer said here on Sunday.
In a recent order while granting bail to an undertrial accused Vikas Patil, arrested for allegedly killing his brother in 2018, a single bench of Justice Milind Jadhav on May nine also took note of overcrowded jails in the state, and said the courts need to strike a balance.
Justice Jadhav noted that trials are nowadays taking perpetuity to conclude, and prisons were simultaneously overcrowded in some segments.
The bench said it regularly deals with cases where undertrial prisoners have been in custody for a long period, and is equally aware of the conditions of the prisons.
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