An Eye-Opening Bail Petition : A Lawyer’s Toolkit

An Eye-Opening Bail Petition : A Lawyer’s Toolkit

In the Court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial
Magistrate at…………………
The State …………………APPLICANT
…………………………versus
AB, CD, EF & GH……..RESPONDENT
Case under section 188, IPC; section 116, Cr PC; section 29, Police Act; section 151, Cr PC
The humble petition of the accused persons named-above
MOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:

1. That your petitioners were arrested by ………………… Police under section 151, Cr PC on 5th
   May 2010 at 3 P.M. and were kept in the lock up in the police station and the bail offered by your
   petitioners was refused by the police.
2. That your petitioners have been produced before Your Honour this day and they have been
   charged under section 188, IPC.
3. That the offences mentioned in the paragraph 2 above are all bailable.
4. Under the circumstances, your petitioners pray that they be released on bail pending the
   disposal of the case.
5. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.
   Advocate…………………
   AB, CD, EF & GH

Verification

1. We, AB, CD, EF and GH, sons of MN, by occupation business, residents of…………………, do
   hereby solemnly affirm and say as follows:
2. We are the petitioners above-named and know the facts and circumstances of the case.
3. The statements made in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the foregoing petition are true to our
   knowledge and belief.
4. We sign this verification on 15th May 2010.
   Solemnly affirmed by AB, CD, EF…………………AB
   and GH on 15th May 2010 at the…………………CD
   Court House at……………………………………EF
   GH
   Before me Notary/Magistrate