Tamil Nadu’s Director General of Police-cum-Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF) Shankar Jiwal has instructed all unit officers under his control across the State to monitor whether accused persons who obtain bail in criminal cases, comply with bail conditions scrupulously, and to take steps to get the bail cancelled if there were any violations.
The DGP’s instruction has come days after State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah wrote to the HoPF impressing upon the need for follow-up action after accused persons obtain bail, and to ensure that the liberty granted to them is cancelled if they indulge in other offences, tamper with evidence or threaten witnesses.
A circular memorandum issued by the DGP pointed out that Section 437(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) prescribes certain mandatory conditions to be imposed by the courts while granting bail to accused persons who had been booked for offences punishable with imprisonment for seven years or more.
