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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed the code of criminal procedure amendment bill 2011 on Monday. The bill states that under trial prisoners shall be entitled to statutory bail if they have been charged with any offense not punishable with death and have been detained for one year.
In case of an offense punishable with death the accused shall be liable to statutory bail if the trial had not been concluded in two years.
Convicts whose appeals are pending will also be entitled to statutory bail. A convict will be entitled to statutory bail if the term of imprisonment did not exceed three years and the appeal had not been decided within 6 months of conviction.
In case of imprisonment exceeding three years but less than seven years the convict will be entitled to statutory bail if the appeal remained undecided even after one year of conviction.
If a convict has been sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than seven years, they will be entitled to bail if their appeal remained undecided even after two years of conviction.
