In Brief
Three men convicted of murder were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court. While their criminal appeals were pending in the High Court, they applied for bail by suspension of sentence, which the High Court granted without assigning reasons or considering their criminal background. The complainant (victim's brother) and the State challenged this. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, finding that the High Court failed to follow established legal principles for bail decisions and ignored evidence of the accused's prior and pending criminal cases. The Court set aside the bail order and remanded it to the High Court to reconsider the applications afresh with proper legal reasoning and consideration of all relevant factors."
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