Poverty/Deemed Indigent Status Of Accused Is An Extremely Important Factor For Granting Bail: Reiterates HP HC [Read Order]

While recapitulating the principles to be followed by courts while granting bail, the Himachal Pradesh High Court highlighted that poverty or the deemed indigent status of an accused must be taken into account while granting bail. In Dataram Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., Crl. Apl. No. 227/2018, the Supreme Court had held, "The poverty or the deemed indigent status of...