No new law to simplify grant of bail by government

Just over a year after it was conceived, the government has junked a plan to come out with a new law that clearly sets out conditions for grant of bail as it now feels that amendments in CrPC can help do away with cumbersome procedures involved in getting the relief.

In September last year, the then Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda had asked the then Law Secretary P K Malhotra to ask the Law Commission to recommend a stand alone Bail Act to quell the perception that the existing system is “inextricably linked to the financial well-being of the accused”.

Gowda had suggested the need for examining the desirability of having a separate Bail Act under a “major revamp” of the bail system.