The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the bail condition imposed by a local court that the petitioners should deposit to PM CARES Fund an amount of 25,000 each.
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In the petition of Bhopal residents Fahad Ahmed and Hafiz M Haseen had moved the High Court seeking quashing of this bail condition, on the strength of recent order passed by the Kerala High Court in Chinna Rao Swayamvarappu v. State of Kerala & Ors.
It was held that imposition of cash security or deposit of any amount for grant of bail is “unjust, irregular and improper”.
Justice Sujoy Paul quashed the condition of depositing in PM cares fund and ordered,
“I am in respectful agreement with the view taken by the Kerala High Court. Considering the aforesaid, the impugned order dated 30.4.2020, to the extent of condition No.1, is hereby set aside”.
Read the order here:
