Is the court required to hear the victim in a bail application if the accused is prosecuted for an offense punishable with imprisonment for more than

[Educator]

Another reason that has weighed with this Court for interfering in the impugned orders is that despite the Appellant/prosecutrix having filed an application for intervention in the petition for anticipatory bail moved by the Respondent No. 2/Accused before the High Court, she was not afforded a hearing. At least a perusal of the second impugned order does not reflect the said position. No doubt,