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  2. Bail - Wikipedia

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    It cannot be said that an accused will not be granted bail because he is a foreign national. [28] The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 does not define bail, although the terms bailable offence and non-bailable offence have been defined in section 2(a) of the Code. A Bailable offence is defined as an offence which is shown as bailable in the ...

  3. Bail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1966, Congress enacted the Bail Reform Act, which expanded the bail rights of federal criminal defendants by giving non-capital defendants a statutory right to be released pending trial, on their personal recognizance or on personal bond, unless a judicial officer determined that such incentives would not adequately assure the defendant's appearance at trial.

  4. Excessive Bail Clause - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, the Petition of Right of 1628 asserted that the king did not have such authority. Later, technicalities in the law were exploited to keep the accused imprisoned without bail even where the offenses were bailable; such loopholes were for the most part closed by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679. Thereafter, judges were compelled to set bail ...

  5. Anticipatory bail - Wikipedia

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    This provision allows a person to seek bail in anticipation of an arrest on accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence. [2] On filing anticipatory bail, the opposing party is notified about the bail application and the opposition can then contest the bail application in court (public prosecutor can also be used to do this).

  6. Culpable homicide - Wikipedia

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    "Culpable homicide not amounting to murder" is punishable under section 304 of IPC [4] of the Indian Penal Code. It is a non bailable charge with imprisonment up to 10 years with or without fine. It is a non bailable charge with imprisonment up to 10 years with or without fine.

  7. Stack v. Boyle - Wikipedia

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    Stack v. Boyle, 342 U.S. 1 (1951), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the arrest of members of the Communist Party who were charged with conspiring to violate the Smith Act.

  8. Joy Behar Dodges On-Air Question About Being Fired From ‘The ...

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    Joy Behar. Brad Barket/Getty Images Joy Behar does not want to relive her infamous firing from The View. During the Tuesday, March 5, episode of the talk show, the panel was discussing Jason Kelce ...

  9. Cognisable offence - Wikipedia

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    The Section 154 in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, of India states: . Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, if given orally to an officer in charge of a police station, shall be reduced to writing by him or under his direction, and be read over to the informant; and every such information, whether given in writing or reduced to writing as aforesaid, shall ...