The minister had said bail should be granted as a matter of right and be denied only when there is a fear that the accused can tamper with the evidence, influence witnesses or commit more crimes while out of jail.
“However, in practice it does not happen for various reasons, like delay in hearing bail applications due to heavy workload in the courts, the cumbersome procedure adopted for hearing and deciding bail applications…,” he had said.
While the Law Commission is already working on a report to recommend a new legislation, the Law Ministry has now asked it to only recommend changes in the the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
