https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=447272 Prolonged pre-trial custody was treated as a serious curtailment of liberty under Article 21, and the Court held that statutory restrictions on bail do not exclude constitutional protection where trial completion within a reasonable time is unlikely. Because the petitioner had remained in custody for more than five years and eight months, no charge had been framed, and the maximum punishment for the alleged offence was seven years, continued detention was found unjustified. Bail was therefore granted during the pendency of the petition. en-us Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:40:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=447272 Prolonged pre-trial custody was treated as a serious curtailment of liberty under Article 21, and the Court held that statutory restrictions on bail do not exclude constitutional protection where trial completion within a reasonable time is unlikely. Because the petitioner had remained in custody for more than five years and eight months, no charge had been framed, and the maximum punishment for the alleged offence was seven years, continued detention was found unjustified. Bail was therefore granted during the pendency of the petition. Case-Laws Money Laundering Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=447272