Vinod Bihari Lal vs State Of U.P. And Another on 28 February, 2023
29. While considering the guidelines regarding grant of anticipatory bail the Supreme Court in case of Pokar Ram v. State of Rajasthan and others27 discussed about the judgement of a Constitution Bench of the Apex Court in the case of Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia and Others v. State of Punjab28 and observed that a caution was voiced in the evaluation of consideration whether the applicant is likely to abscond, there can be no presumption that the wealthy and the mighty will submit themselves to trial and that the humble and the poor will run away from the course of justice, and more than that, there can be a presumption that the former are not likely to commit a crime and the latter are more likely to commit it: Relevant paragraph of said judgement in Pokar Ram (supra) reads thus: