Bail For Convicts Sentenced To Life Term Possible Only If They Complete 7 Years In Jail: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court has observed that if a prayer for suspension of sentence and release of an appellant on bail, convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life, it is to be considered favourably and he is ordinarily allowed bail if he has completed seven years of incarceration in connection with such case before conviction and after conviction, taken together...