Convicts Who've Completed 10 Years Of Sentence, Whose Appeals Won't Be Heard Soon, Should Be Released On Bail Unless There Are Other Reasons : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday opined that all persons who have completed 10 years of sentence, and whose appeals will not be heard in the near future, should be enlarged on bail, unless there are other reasons to deny them bail.A division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was considering a batch of petitions of life convicts in jail whose appeals are...