New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi Police to keep a check on the increasing number of accused who abscond while on bail.
A division bench, comprising Justices A.K. Sikri and Ajit Bharihoke, said while hearing a case in which an accused had jumped bail: “Many accused are either not apprehended or they abscond during the pendency of the trial. Need of the hour is to have proper system in place to ensure there is follow up action to locate such absconding accused and there is a periodic review of the same.”

The court directed the Delhi Police to file a status report within four weeks, stating the number of proclaimed offenders arrested since October last year.

According to an earlier status report by police, there were 13,521 proclaimed offenders, out of which 4,777 were involved in offences where the punishment is seven years or more.

“Though certain measures are sought to be incorporated in the revised orders of the police but we are of the view that much more is required to be done by the police to remedy the situation,” the court said.