Live location sharing for bail is illegal and violates privacy: HC

"The information to the effect that the petitioner 'should besides stock his determination 24 x 7 with the IO (investigating officer) done Google' is not sustainable and the aforesaid is accordingly deleted," ordered Justice Vikas Mahajan connected the plea by the accused seeking modification of the bail information saying it was excessive, intrusive, and unsupported by law. The HC agreed and relied connected the SC's 2024 judgement successful Frank Vitus vs. NCB, wherever the apex tribunal made it wide that technology-based tracking of an accused amounts to surveillance and is not permitted nether Article 21, which protects privacy. "The tribunal cannot enforce a information connected the accused to support the constabulary perpetually informed astir his question from 1 spot to another. The entity of the bail information cannot beryllium to support a changeless vigil connected the movements of the accused connected bail," the SC noted. The SC was wide that the investigating bureau cannot beryllium permitted to "continuously peep into the backstage beingness of the accused." It would magnitude to keeping the accused successful immoderate benignant of confinement adjacent portion connected bail, the SC had said.