In Brief
A widow challenged the High Court's order releasing four murder convicts on bail pending their criminal appeals. The trial court had convicted them of murdering her husband, whose body was found in a well. Evidence showed the accused had intimidated prosecution witnesses. The Supreme Court held that the High Court's bail order lacked clarity on reasoning and failed to address the prosecution's submissions. It ruled that once convicted by a trial court, accused persons lose the presumption of innocence, and courts must be very slow in granting bail for serious offences like murder. The Court quashed the bail orders and directed the convicts to surrender to serve their life sentences.
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