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Make Bail a Rule and Jail an Exception: SC Asks Judges to Show Humane Attitude, Compassion - (06 Feb 2018)

A bench led by Justice Madan B Lokur emphasised that “a fundamental postulate of criminal jurisprudence is the presumption of innocence” and thus courts should take certain relevant factors into account before sending an accused behind bars.

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