Now, it will be difficult for a person without Aadhaar card to obtain bail from the courts in Chhattisgarh as the high court has directed all the trial courts to necessarily obtain copy of the Aadhaar card of the accused as well as of the surety, while examining surety papers submitted along with bail applications.
The relevant part of the directive issued by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra reads: “While examining the surety papers, the trial court shall necessarily obtain copy of the Aadhaar card of the accused as well as of the surety.”
The court issued these directives while considering a bail application of an Advocate’s Clerk accused of fraudulent activity by standing surety by affixing his photograph in the property papers of other persons. The prosecution case was that the clerk stood surety in the trial court by impersonating one Neelkanth, a resident of village Indavani. But when the concerned court sent the papers for verification, the concerned Tahsildar submitted a report that no such person in the name of Neelkanth resides at village Indavani. Pursuant to this report, the court Mohrir lodged a report against the applicant for offence punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The high court granted bail to the accused.
