Sandeep Kumar
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Mr Umar Khalid has again been denied bail -- not even interim bail for 15 days to assist his mother during a scheduled medical procedure. Justice Krishna Iyer's dictum was laid down in 1977. It may be perhaps found only in textbooks and presumably not applicable to real cases and real accused. The Trial Courts seem to think that 'we shall oblige the police and send the accused to jail and let the accused secure bail from the higher Courts (HC and SC). This is abdication of duty. If the Trial Courts did their work and applied the law, the burden on the High Courts and the Supreme Court will reduce considerably And so many thousands of under-trials will not languish in prison without charges being framed, without a trial and without a punishment It is rightly said that 'the process is the punishment'
