Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
SC/ST (POA) Act Section 3 | Bona Fide Absence Due to Custody in Another Case Not Bail Jump: MP HC Jabalpur
The Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that an accused’s failure to appear in court due to lawful custody in a separate case does not amount to bail jump under the SC/ST (POA) Act. This reinforces that bail cancellation must account for genuine, non-wilful absence - protecting accused persons from automatic penalization when their absence is externally imposed and not an abuse of liberty.