IMPHAL, Jun 19
District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Imphal West under the aegis of Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) organised an Online Capacity Building Programme for Panel Lawyers, Para Legal Volunteers PLVs and relevant stakeholders of Imphal West district on the theme “Pre-Arrest, Arrest, Remand and Bail” with special focus on remand and bail today.
The programme was organised bearing in mind the wider campaign at the national level to prevent unnecessary arrest and detention.
Aribam Guneshwar Sharma, MJS, District and Sessions Judge, Imphal West cum Chairperson, DLSA, Imphal West, elaborated on the finer details and nuances with respect to arrest and remand.Y Somorjit Singh, MJS, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West cum Secretary, DLSA, Imphal West disseminated the various aspects with regard to bail. Both the speakers approached the theme of the programme by dwelling on the varying circumstances for remand and bail with respect to different provisions of law and specific acts enacted to deal with specific problems such as the difference in the number of days for remand under Sec 167 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The concept of bailable and non-bailable offences, different types of bail such as normal bail, anticipatory bail, interim bail etc and the various conditions to be considered for bail under different circumstances such as (i) whether there is any prima facie or reasonable ground to believe that the accused had committed the offence; (ii) nature and gravity of the charge;(iii) severity of the punishment in the event of conviction; (iv) danger of accused absconding or fleeing if released on bail; (v) character, behaviour, means, position and standing of the accused; (vi) likelihood of the offence being repeated; (vii) reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being tampered with; and (viii) danger, of course, of justice being thwarted by grant of bail were explained in detail by the speakers.
A lively interaction session followed the presentation of the speakers with participants raising queries with respect to the correct procedures to be followed while applying for bail, maintainability of different types of bail applications, the possibility of exploitation of loopholes in the justice system through bails and such other instances.
DLSA Imphal West thanked MASLSA for the overall guidance and direction provided by taking the initiative to encourage such programmes.
The general public may contact the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Imphal West for any legal related advice/counselling and many other related services through the DLSA, Imphal West Front Office 24x7 Helpline no. 6009904967 or through email at
[email protected].