An attempt to compel Section 497 of the Criminal Procedure (XLV of 1860), section 324/34 probation, denied the bail sought on the basis of legal delay in the presence of witnesses in the court premises Was arrested from the premises and also possessed a firearm. In the FIR, the accused's name was mentioned along with the diary sheets of the case which showed that the trial was delayed because either the accused was not presented by the jail authorities or the presiding officer was on leave or The lawyer for the accused was declared absent and the plea was delayed by the petitioner, when the complaint filed by the complainant was also delayed by the petitioners and the accused before the High Court and the Supreme Court. The bail plea was pending because the prosecutor did not have police papers available in the trial court. Not only the prosecution but also the accused persons were responsible for this and if the proceedings are delayed, they are allegedly excluded from the whole period of trial, then due to the legal delay the accused is not entitled to bail. That is, the role assigned to the two co-accused was different from the role of the accused because the alleged accomplices were only arrested. The victim, while the accused opened fire on the victim which resulted in his death, the request of the accused was released on bail.
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