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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Dismissing Bail Plea As “Too Voluminous”, Says Liberty Can't Depend On Bulk Of Pleadings
['Nupur Thapliyal']
Supreme Court - High Court - Legal Breaking News | Live Law India
“The liberty of a person cannot be curtailed or be made dependent on the drafting style of a counsel or the annexures he has annexed with the bail application or the workload of the Judge,” the Court said.
The trial court had advised the accused to file a fresh and concise bail application.
Setting aside the impugned order, the Court said that even assuming that a bail application runs into several hundred pages, the same, by itself, cannot be a lawful or sustainable ground for its dismissal.
It said that a bail application cannot be rejected on the ground that a Judge is overwhelmed by the documents filed along with the pleadings.
It added that dismissal of a bail application merely on the ground that it runs into several pages would be a procedure unknown to law.