Agencies
NEW DELHI, Mar 21: The Supreme Court has said the old age of an accused and a long lapse of time from the commission of an offence can always be a ground to give priority to appeals against the conviction of those on bail. Taking note of the huge pendency of criminal appeals against conviction and acquittal in high courts, the apex court said a right balance has to be struck by taking up for hearing some of the old criminal appeals against conviction, where the accused are on bail. "Therefore, it is desirable that certain categories of appeals against conviction, where the accused are on bail, should be given priority," a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Masih said.
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