Terming custody an “overall travesty” in the case of a murder accused, who was denied bail by a lower court only on the basis that “serious allegations” were levelled against him, and despite the fact that the post-mortem report did not depict any injury on the deceased, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to the accused.
The court granted regular bail on a personal bond, holding that insisting on surety bonds from the petitioner would be “insult to injury”, the order said.
The judgment was given by Justice Anoop Chitkara on September 12, in a case that pertains to an alleged murder of a 70-year-old man at Dhano village of Malerkotla district in August 2021, in which the petitioner is one of the accused arrested by the police.
