Plea to cancel bail dismissed

Justice P Devadoss gave the opinion recently dismissing a petition filed by a complainant in a woman harassment case challenging the refusal of the lower court to cancel the anticipatory bail given to two accused in the case as they failed to appear before the Judicial Magistrate at the scheduled time as per bail conditions.

“Victims of crime may keep an eye on the accused all the time, but they can’t expect the courts also to be rigid,” the judge said. 

The petitioner Jesintha Mary said that the accused Selvaraj and Sebastiammal did not appear before the Judicial Magistrate at Thiruvadanai at 10 am as per the bail condition on November 4 last year. Selvaraj and Seastammal submitted they had to go to the hospital for treatment on the specic day. 

However, on the question of locus standi, the judge said the petitioner had every right to seek the cancellation of the bail.