Law Commission gets recommendation to codify bail law

The Law Commission today discussed various aspects of bail laws and got recommendations to codify the criteria for grant of bail, during a high-level meeting held here today with various law enforcement agencies and police departments.
The Commission is "actively considering" the issues relating to bail after the government asked to it to go into the subject and find solutions to make the law better.
A round-table conference was called in this regard by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) on the directions of the Commission.
Officials from central agencies like CBI, National Investigation Agency (NIA), NCB and state police departments from Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Delhi participated.

"Various aspects of law of bail were discussed. This included difficulties faced by police under present arrangements.
"Criteria for grant of bail and conditions related thereto were recommended to be codified to reduce discretion in the matter. Issues relating to anticipatory bail, use of forged documents to obtain bail, role of victim in bail hearing, bail in matters relating to foreigners, implementation of section 436(A) CrPC among others were discussed," an official statement said after the meeting.
The meeting was attended by Law Commission Chairman Justice B S Chauhan, its three members and BPRD Director General Meeran C Borwanker.