conditions imposed on bail must not be unreasonable

Guddan @ Roop Narayan vs State Of Rajasthan | Suspension of Sentence | Bail | Excessive Conditions | CrA 120 OF 2023 | 3 Jan 2023 | Justices Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian | 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 45 | This Court, time and time again has held that jail is the exception and grant of bail is the rule, and in such a scenario, the conditions imposed on bail must not be unreasonable – The conditions of bail cannot be so onerous that their existence itself tantamounts to refusal of bail. In the present case, however, the excessive conditions herein have precisely become that, an antithesis to the grant of bail.. Any other accused in a similar circumstance at this point would not be in custody, however, the present Appellant, because of the conditions imposed, has not been able to leave the languish of jail. Can the Appellant, for not being able to comply with the excessive requirements, be detained in custody endlessly? To keep the Appellant in jail, that too in a case where he normally would have been granted bail for the alleged offences, is not just a symptom of injustice, but injustice itself.