Don’t issue station bails: JAC to DGP

Office-bearers of Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee on Friday submitted a representation to Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy not to grant station bails.

T. Sri Ranga Rao, Convenor, TAJAC, said police personnel were misusing the amendment brought to the section 41 Cr.P.C and Supreme Court guidelines in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar case. “We requested Mr Reddy to issue a circular to all the police station in the State stating not to grant bails in stations and he has agreed to out request,” he said, adding that if the police did not change their attitude they will file a PIL. “The police have no powers to grant bail in stations. They are misguiding the accused and taking exorbitant amounts as bribe for granting bail,” Mr. Rao said. It intrudes into the court’s powers, he added.