By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hold hearing to decide the principles for grant of bail in cases which attract jail terms ranging from three to seven years.
The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice J. Chelameswar said it would hold hearing on the question of principles involved in the grant of bail after it was told that high courts and trial courts were refusing bail in the wake of the observation made in the apex court and reported by media.
Ranjit Kumar, appearing for V.K. Sinha, a co-accused with former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a disproportionate assets case, told the court that “everything is media-oriented. The questions are asked in the subordinate courts based on media reports”.