India
19 Goa undertrials stay jailed after bail orders
The Indian Express·
The Goa Human Rights Commission found 19 undertrial prisoners at Colvale jail remained in custody despite bail, mostly because they could not arrange surety. The panel visited on October 13 and reported on October 23 that poverty should not block liberty. It will write to Goa district judges seeking sympathetic review. Some two-person cells held three inmates.
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What It Means For You
- Undertrials who cannot post surety in Goa may remain in Colvale until courts or legal aid arrange bonds, despite bail orders.
- The GHRC inspected Colvale on October 13 and flagged overcrowding, missing mosquito nets and delayed medicines.
- It said undertrials granted bail should not remain jailed for lack of surety alone.
What's Happening
- The GHRC inspected Colvale on October 13 and flagged overcrowding, missing mosquito nets and delayed medicines.
- It said undertrials granted bail should not remain jailed for lack of surety alone.
- The commission said it would write to principal district and sessions judges in North and South Goa to review cases where financial incapacity blocked release.
Surety requirements after bail
- The commission said it would write to principal district and sessions judges in North and South Goa to review cases where financial incapacity blocked release.
- The GHRC inspected Colvale on October 13 and flagged overcrowding, missing mosquito nets and delayed medicines.
- It said undertrials granted bail should not remain jailed for lack of surety alone.
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