State can't be permitted to apply separate yardsticks for different accused, says SC

The state government cannot be permitted to apply different yardsticks for different accused, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while granting bail to a man in a criminal case lodged in West Bengal.

The apex court noted the state does not propose to challenge the order granting anticipatory bail to four other co-accused in the case, though the court had given suggestions in that regard.

“On the other hand, the state government is opposing the application for grant of bail of an accused, who has been incarcerated in jail for a period of about one year and two months,” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said.”

The state government cannot be permitted to apply different yardsticks for different accused,” it said.