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If Section 438(4), CrPC is treated as an absolute bar on granting pre-arrest bail, there will be no protection available to innocent persons against whom false accusations are made, the Kerala High Court reasoned.

A court in Nigeria has released on bail 69 people who were arrested last month in connection with an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

Minister of Justice Mickey Amery and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis issued the following statement on federal bail legislation:

Should bail be low to protect the innocent until proven guilty or should bail be set high to protect the community from dangerous criminals? Monday afternoon the Shelby County Commission

Illinois eliminated cash bail on Monday, making it the first state in the nation to do so in a decision that brought heavy criticism.

Maisum Ansari was convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking in February and sentenced to 20 years in prison in what was the largest seizure of carfentanil in Canada

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Monday took a dim view of accused persons being lodged in jails as undertrials for years together before conviction or acquittal.

Cash bail ended across Illinois Monday. In Rockford, it meant most defendants arrested over the weekend were released. Read more about day one.

The Chicago mayor's grocery stores plan says the city needs to go into the grocery business because too many retailers have shut down.

Kaushik Talapatra and his wife were thrashed by a mob in Delhi's Dwarka area after it was revealed that they allegedly tortured the girl; they were later arrested by the police.