https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187553 Prolonged pendency of criminal prosecutions for comparatively minor offences was treated as a serious burden on life and liberty under Article 21, justifying time-bound directions for bail, discharge or closure of stale proceedings. The Court framed practical limits for such cases to prevent indefinite incarceration or trial, while preserving the use of Section 437 CrPC in that context. The directions were confined to minor offences and expressly excluded corruption, smuggling, economic offences, offences against the State and defamation. Those excluded matters were to receive priority, and the directions were made applicable to both pending and future cases. en-us Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:25:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187553 Prolonged pendency of criminal prosecutions for comparatively minor offences was treated as a serious burden on life and liberty under Article 21, justifying time-bound directions for bail, discharge or closure of stale proceedings. The Court framed practical limits for such cases to prevent indefinite incarceration or trial, while preserving the use of Section 437 CrPC in that context. The directions were confined to minor offences and expressly excluded corruption, smuggling, economic offences, offences against the State and defamation. Those excluded matters were to receive priority, and the directions were made applicable to both pending and future cases. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187553