MOTI RAM Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
LAWS(SC)-1978-8-30
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on August 24,1978

MOTI RAM Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Respondents


Cited Judgements :-

SACHIN NARAYAN VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2006-8-121] [REFERRED TO]
PRAHLAD VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2004-9-74] [REFERRED TO]
KUMAR BISWAKARMA VS. STATE OF SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-1990-4-1] [REFERRED]
CHITRANJAN SINGH KHUSHAL SINGH VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-1995-4-11] [REFERRED TO]
JAGMOHAN SINGH @ RINKU S/O SHRI GURUNAM SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2017-11-119] [REFERRED TO]
VEERABADHRA RAO SUNKARA VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-7-177] [REFERRED TO]
GULABJAN VS. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(KAR)-1992-8-39] [REFERRED TO]
CHINNA RAO SWAYAMVARAPPU VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2020-4-58] [REFERRED TO]
UBAIDULLA VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2020-8-281] [REFERRED TO]
FAROUK IRANI VS. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR [LAWS(MAD)-2017-5-28] [REFERRED TO]
V. SENTHILKUMAR VS. CHIEF SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [LAWS(MAD)-2013-3-95] [REFERRED TO]
NARSINGH RATHORE VS. STATE OF C.G. [LAWS(CHH)-2014-12-40] [REFERRED TO]
EMEST UCHENNA VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2010-3-68] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK MALHOTRA VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-1994-3-73] [REFERRED TO]
BACHCHEY LAL VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2014-4-177] [REFERRED TO]
ALI KAISAR VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2018-2-600] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH VS. PRAKASH KUMAR SAHU [LAWS(APH)-1998-10-70] [REFERRED TO]
TALLURI SRINIVAS VS. STATE [LAWS(APH)-2009-10-82] [REFERRED TO]
NITYANANDA KEBALOGOP VS. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH [LAWS(APH)-2022-6-31] [REFERRED TO]
KAMALA DASI VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2003-6-6] [REFERRED TO]
NAEEM VS. STATE NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2024-3-2] [REFERRED TO]
ASSISTANT COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS VS. SHANMUGHAM [LAWS(MAD)-1987-10-19] [REFERRED TO]
SUNITA GANDHARVA VS. STATE OF M.P. [LAWS(MPH)-2020-10-189] [REFERRED TO]
TINOO JOSHI VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2016-4-162] [REFERRED]
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH VS. SAVJI [LAWS(MPH)-1986-7-6] [RELIED ON]
PARMESHWAR VYAS VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(RAJ)-2018-9-71] [REFERRED TO]
DASHRATH SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2009-2-52] [REFERRED TO]
AMIT VS. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2015-5-439] [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2023-1-63] [REFERRED TO]
CHINNA RAO SWAYAMVARAPPU VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2020-4-22] [REFERRED TO]
KESAR SINGH VS. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(HPH)-1984-6-3] [REFERRED TO]
ALEYAMMA MATHEW VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2020-1-121] [REFERRED TO]
NATIA JIRIA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-1984-3-23] [REFERRED]
C H ASHOKAN VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2012-7-4] [REFERRED TO]
VELLAPANDI MADHU TAHVER VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2009-11-251] [REFERRED TO]
BHAU VALVE VS. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS, PANAJI GOA [LAWS(BOM)-2019-1-88] [REFERRED TO]
SHIRISHI HIRALAL CHOUDHARY VS. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS [LAWS(BOM)-2017-11-223] [REFERRED TO]
TRUPTI SUHAS BANE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2021-5-82] [REFERRED TO]
MAHA AHMAD YUSUF VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-2-260] [REFERRED TO]
PARSU VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(ALL)-2014-7-183] [REFERRED TO]
SADANALA RAMAKRISHNA & ORS VS. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY [LAWS(CAL)-2016-8-67] [REFERRED TO]
CALCUTTA TAXI ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS VS. D K BANERJEE AND ANOTHER [LAWS(CAL)-2002-4-84] [REFERRED]
MANOJ KUMAR VS. STATE (NCT) OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2012-2-590] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL SHEKH VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2023-12-184] [REFERRED TO]
AJAJ AHAMAD VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2022-4-122] [REFERRED TO]
SANTRAM VS. RAJINDER LAL [LAWS(SC)-1978-9-23] [RELIED ON]
PRIYA SHARMA VS. UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2021-8-30] [REFERRED TO]
SAYED TALATUF ALI VS. MD. ABDUL MABOOD [LAWS(ORI)-1980-4-9] [REFERRED TO]
GURMIT SINGH VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-1986-1-17] [REFERRED TO]
SRINIVASA RAO VS. KRISHNAMMAL [LAWS(MAD)-2000-2-109] [REFERRED TO]
GURDIAL BATRA VS. RAJ KUMAR JAIN [LAWS(SC)-1989-7-11] [REFERRED TO]
OM PRAKASH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2002-1-74] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA SINGH AND ANOTHER VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-1998-1-89] [REFERRED TO]
BOLLINENI CHANDRA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-12-195] [REFERRED TO]
M T HEMACHANDRAN ALIAS KAMLESH VS. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(KER)-2011-10-29] [REFERRED TO]
FAROUK IRANI AGED 75 YEARS S/O SHRI. MARWAN RUSTOM IRANI NO. 10 RIVER VIEW ROAD KOTTURPURAM CHENNAI VS. THE DEPUTY, THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR MURUGESA NAICKER COMPLEX [LAWS(MAD)-2017-5-37] [REFERRED TO]
K BHUVANESWARI VS. INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(MAD)-2017-10-248] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD SHERU VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2015-10-171] [REFERRED]
KALEEM ALIAS KALEEM PASHA VS. STATE [LAWS(KAR)-2002-8-25] [REFERRED TO]
RABBANI AND OTHER VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-9-188] [REFERRED TO]
AKRAM AMIN BAKALI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2024-2-191] [REFERRED TO]
ATHAR PERVEZ VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2016-2-231] [REFERRED TO]
JAYANT KUMAR JAIN VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2020-8-118] [REFERRED TO]
GAUTAM THAPAR VS. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT [LAWS(DLH)-2022-3-87] [REFERRED TO]
SUNDER CHHANNA SHINDE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-1998-9-187] [REFERRED]
RAJU PRAKASH DEOLEKAR CONVICT CENTRAL PRISON VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2006-8-161] [REFERRED TO]
AVDHUT @ RAHUL BALU GIRI VS. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2021-6-70] [REFERRED TO]
HANUMANT JAGANNATH NAZIRKAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2022-4-133] [REFERRED TO]
SRINJAY KUMAR SINGH VS. STATE OF NAGALAND [LAWS(GAU)-2007-6-3] [REFERRED TO]
AMIT KR JAIN VS. STATE OF NAGALAND [LAWS(GAU)-2005-2-5] [REFERRED TO]
SAYED MOHAMMED MASOOD VS. NILKANTH SHELKE [LAWS(BOM)-2015-1-42] [REFERRED TO]
RAJU BIHARI VS. STATE OF GOA [LAWS(BOM)-2011-6-34] [REFERRED TO]
NITIN BANSAL VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-4-24] [REFERRED TO]
RATAN LAL VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2013-12-126] [REFERRED TO]
GOBARDHAN SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2013-9-138] [REFERRED TO]
NETRA BAHADUR SHAHI NETRA VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-12-104] [REFERRED TO]
PRITAM SINGH VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT [LAWS(P&H)-1993-8-90] [REFERRED TO]
ABHISHEK KUMAR SINGH VS. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(HPH)-2020-7-47] [REFERRED TO]
ANBARASAN VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2008-4-310] [REFERRED TO]
WAN CHENGHUA VS. STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2023-5-175] [REFERRED TO]
WAN CHENGHUA VS. STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2023-5-175] [REFERRED TO]
MOINUL HOQUE VS. MOINUL HOQUE [LAWS(GAU)-2021-3-2] [REFERRED TO]
SAGAYAM @ DEVASAGAYAM VS. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, G [LAWS(MAD)-2017-4-11] [REFERRED TO]
D M BHALLA VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2011-2-184] [REFERRED TO]
ANANDA D.V. VS. STATE NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2013-11-386] [REFERRED TO]
GULAB KHAN VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2005-7-5] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMI NARAIN GUPTA VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-1986-1-56] [REFERRED]
HUSSAINARA KHATOON 1 VS. HOME SECRETARY STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(SC)-1979-2-68] [RELIED ON]
KASHI RAM VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS. [LAWS(RAJ)-2010-5-87] [REFERRED TO]
MEERA DEVI VS. STATE OF MP [LAWS(MPH)-2006-3-141] [REFERRED TO]
MANDAKINI RAVERKR VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2008-9-36] [REFERRED TO]
JAGTAR SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-1997-7-115] [REFERRED TO]
KARAN SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-1985-7-82] [REFERRED TO]
GIRISH GANDHI VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(SC)-2024-8-51] [REFERRED TO]
MANINDER SHARMA VS. STATE TAX OFFICER, STATE TAX, MOBILE WING, JALANDHAR, PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2022-8-277] [REFERRED TO]
SHIV SHANKAR VS. U.T. CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2023-4-68] [REFERRED TO]
MAKHAN KANT SHARMA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(ALL)-2011-1-46] [REFERRED TO]
SALAMAT ULLAH KHAN VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2017-6-6] [REFERRED TO]
MANISH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2008-2-140] [REFERRED TO]
SK ABDUL SALAM VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2020-12-43] [REFERRED TO]
RAMU HARISHCHANDRA BAWANE VS. DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS [LAWS(BOM)-2010-11-18] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL SALIM SHAIKH VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2014-10-129] [REFERRED TO]
JOY NIBARAN BISHAWAS ALIAS JAYANT SARKAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2006-1-131] [REFERRED TO]
BHAWAN SINGH VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2022-5-106] [REFERRED TO]
ABHAY SHRENIKBHAI GANDHI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2017-1-115] [REFERRED TO]
INDIRA BAI VS. PARASHURAM KALLAPPA HANDE [LAWS(KAR)-1987-10-11] [REFERRED TO]
AFSAR KHAN VS. STATE [LAWS(KAR)-1991-8-10] [REFERRED TO]
KALIYAPPAN VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2017-5-29] [REFERRED TO]
MRINAL KUMAR SAIKIA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2024-4-65] [REFERRED TO]
SATHEESH KUMAR E VS. MALABAR DEVASWAM BOARD [LAWS(KER)-2011-10-62] [REFERRED TO]
ARVIND KUMAR JOSHI VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2016-4-164] [REFERRED]
NAVANEETHA KRISHNAN AND ORS. VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2015-4-16] [REFERRED TO]
RAM LAL @ RAM AVTAR VS. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(HPH)-2013-8-47] [REFERRED TO]
PRASHANTH KUMAR M V VS. STATE [LAWS(KAR)-2023-4-9] [REFERRED TO]
VALSON VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-1984-3-26] [REFEREED TO 2.]
SUNIL TYAGI VS. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2021-6-88] [REFERRED TO]
NANU GORDHAN VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-1991-7-10] [FOLLOWED]
VED PRAKASH GUPTA @ GUDDA S/O RAJENDRA PRASAD GUPTA VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2018-2-1] [REFERRED TO]
ABBAS ANSARI VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2023-11-88] [REFERRED TO]
SARKAR SAHEB VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2001-5-11] [REFERRED]
SAJAL KUMAR MITRA VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2011-1-28] [REFERRED TO]
ANWAR HUSSAIN VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-1994-4-40] [RELIED ON]
VIJOYANANDA SWAIN VS. STATE [LAWS(ORI)-1996-7-9] [RELIED ON]
MANISH LAL SHRIVASTAVA VS. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(HPH)-2020-12-12] [REFERRED TO]
SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2022-2-47] [REFERRED TO]
MANOJ KUMAR VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2006-1-10] [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2012-5-152] [REFERRED TO]
SATENDER KUMAR ANTIL VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(SC)-2022-7-48] [REFERRED TO]
T. RAVI VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2015-2-254] [REFERRED TO]
ABDULLAH MOHAMMED AHAMMED NOUSHAD VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2022-3-49] [REFERRED TO]
DESH RAJ VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(P&H)-2012-12-69] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY CHANDRA VS. CBI [LAWS(SC)-2011-11-37] [REFERRED TO]
M.S.GURU @ GURUSAMY VS. STATE REP.BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(MAD)-2013-3-112] [REFERRED TO]
ASHRAF VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-1993-7-52] [REFERRED TO]
FAHAD AHMED VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2020-5-638] [REFERRED TO]
RAMDEV SAHANI VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2014-2-43] [REFERRED TO]
MATTE MANJUNATHA S/O CHANDRAPPA VS. STATE BY HOSADURGA P S [LAWS(KAR)-2016-9-88] [REFERRED]
VIPIN KUMAR DUA VS. UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2021-4-7] [REFERRED TO]
SUKHCHAIN SINGH VS. U.T.CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2021-8-28] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAMMED MUKTAR ALAM VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2020-8-129] [REFERRED TO]
GIRISH GOVINDBHAI RAO VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2008-1-245] [REFERRED TO]
NAVENDU BABBAR VS. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2020-6-62] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD. ANWAR VS. STATE OF (NCT) DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2020-8-126] [REFERRED TO]
DIPTENDU NAYEK VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-1988-10-7] [REFERRED TO]
IN RE : MUKTAR HOSSAINS VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-1996-12-23] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL SALIM SHAIKH VS. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2014-10-80] [REFERRED TO]
BISSU VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-1989-5-33] [REFERRED TO]
B. N. VINAY KUMAR VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-4-23] [REFERRED TO]
OMVEER VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-6-76] [REFERRED TO]
SAUBHAGYA BHAGAT VS. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND [LAWS(UTN)-2023-8-1] [REFERRED TO]
AYUSH MAHENDRA VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-1-116] [REFERRED TO]
YAN HAO VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-3-4] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH PUROHIT ALIAS BHOLIYA VS. STATE OF RAJ [LAWS(RAJ)-2012-12-4] [REFERRED TO]
ADMINISTRATOR OF SPECIFIED UNDERTAKING OF THE U T I VS. GARWARE POLYESTER LTD [LAWS(SC)-2005-5-26] [REFERRED TO]
FAZIL ALI VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2008-5-59] [REFERRED TO]
BUDHU RAM VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-1981-10-1] [REFERRED TO : 1978 CRI LJ 1703.]
PRAFULLA CHANDRA MISHRA VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-2004-6-31] [REFERRED TO]
N SASIKALA VS. ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE MADRAS [LAWS(MAD)-1996-8-40] [REFERRED TO]
LAKHBIR SINGH ALIAS LAKHA VS. NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU, CHANDIGARH ZONE [LAWS(P&H)-2018-6-21] [REFERRED TO]
VIJAY SINGH VS. MURARILAL [LAWS(SC)-1979-8-43] [RELIED ON]
SUNDAR @ ASHOK VS. STATE REP BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NAZARATHPET POLICE STATION [LAWS(MAD)-2017-1-445] [REFERRED TO]
THIRUVASAGAM VS. STATE, REP BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, B1, NORTH BEACH POLICE STATION, CHENNAI-1 [LAWS(MAD)-2017-10-57] [REFERRED TO]
VINAYAK VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-9-185] [REFERRED TO]
BHAGWAT JOSHI @ SHANKAR LAL JOSHI VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2020-12-30] [REFERRED TO]
DHARMANDER SINGH VS. STATE (GOVT OF NCT, DELHI) [LAWS(DLH)-2020-9-156] [REFERRED TO]
NATASHA NARWAL VS. STATE OF DELHI NCT [LAWS(DLH)-2021-6-57] [REFERRED TO]
KOMAL CHADHA VS. SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE [LAWS(DLH)-2022-12-162] [REFERRED TO]
RAJ SINGH GEHLOT VS. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT [LAWS(DLH)-2022-3-118] [REFERRED TO]
COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2018-11-75] [REFERRED TO]
SWADESHI COTTON MILLS COMPANY LIMITED VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-1978-2-13] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL SHARMA VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-1993-5-34] [REFERRED TO]
HAR SWARUP NIGAM VS. DISTRICT JUDGE ALLAHABAD [LAWS(ALL)-1999-5-156] [REFERRED TO]
MANJU VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2013-10-72] [REFERRED TO]
BACHCHEY LAL VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2014-3-151] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread" lampooned Anatole France. The reality of this caricature of equal justice under the law, whereby the poor are priced out of their liberty in the justice market, is the grievance of the petitioner. His criminal appeal pends in this Court and he has obtained an order for bail in his favour "to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate." The direction of this Court did not spell out the details of the bail, and so, the Magistrate ordered that a surety in a sum of Rs. 10,000/- be produced which, in actual impact, was a double denial of the bail benefit. For one thing the miserable mason, the petitioner before us, could not afford to procure that huge sum or manage a surety of sufficient prosperity. Affluents do not befriend indigents. For another; the Magistrate made an odd order refusing to accept the suretyship of the petitioner's brother because he and his assets were in another district.
(2.)If mason and millionaire were treated alike, egregious inegality is an inevitability. Likewise, geographic allergy at the judicial level makes mockery of equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. India is one and not a conglomeration of districts, untouchably apart.
(3.)When this Court's order for release was thus frustrated by Magisterial intransigence the prisoner moved this Court again to modify the original order "to the extent that petitioner be released on furnishing surety to the tune of Rs. 2,000/- or on executing a personal bond or pass any other order or direction as this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper." From this factual matrix three legal issues arise (1) Can the Court, under the Code of Criminal Procedure, enlarge, on his own bond without sureties, a person undergoing incarceration for a non-bailable offence either as undertrial or as convict who has appealed or sought special leave (2) If the Court decides to grant bail with sureties, what criteria should guide it in quantifying the amount of bail, and (3) Is it within the power of the court to reject a surety because he or his estate is situate in a different district or State


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