60,047 secured bail from virtual lower courts in 45 days
Staff Reporter :
A total of 60,047 accused were granted bail in last 45 working days since May 11 after introduction of the virtual courts, said a notification issued by the Supreme Court on Sunday.
The virtual courts across the country granted bail to them, including the 698 children, after hearing on a total 1,20,904 bail petitions till July 16.
The 685 children were handed over to their guardians after they got released from custody on bail.
Total 840 children facing criminal charges were staying in three juvenile development centres till July 16 as 403 accused were sent to those centres between May 12 and July 16, said the notification issued by Md Saifur Rahman, spokesperson of the Supreme Court.
The virtual courts have granted bail to 5,730 people after disposing of a total of 13,867 bail petitions last week (July 12 to July 16) in connection with the cases against them.
The SC statement also said the subordinate courts
A total of 60,047 accused were granted bail in last 45 working days since May 11 after introduction of the virtual courts, said a notification issued by the Supreme Court on Sunday.
The virtual courts across the country granted bail to them, including the 698 children, after hearing on a total 1,20,904 bail petitions till July 16.
The 685 children were handed over to their guardians after they got released from custody on bail.
Total 840 children facing criminal charges were staying in three juvenile development centres till July 16 as 403 accused were sent to those centres between May 12 and July 16, said the notification issued by Md Saifur Rahman, spokesperson of the Supreme Court.
The virtual courts have granted bail to 5,730 people after disposing of a total of 13,867 bail petitions last week (July 12 to July 16) in connection with the cases against them.
The SC statement also said the subordinate courts
concerned have disposed of surrender related petitions of the accused in 5,319 criminal cases and granted bail to 17,590 accused from July 12 to July 16 and sent 1,174 accused to jails.
More than 300 courts have granted bail to the accused after holding virtual hearings of the petitions filed by them, seeking bail in the cases against them.
The virtual court began operations on May 11 after a gap of 46 days to deal with the urgent cases.
The regular activities of courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court, remained closed since March 26 due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
