India, Feb. 5 -- The Delhi High Court has laid down comprehensive guidelines for all trial courts, jail authorities, and the police to follow for ensuring that convicts released on bail during pendency of their appeals against conviction are promptly taken into custody after dismissal or expiry of their interim bail.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja, in its January 27 order, released later, directed the court registry to communicate any order granting interim bail or suspension of sentence to the trial court, jail superintendent, and the jurisdictional police station.

It further directed the trial court to take appropriate steps to ensure arrest of the convict if he fails to surrender on the due date, if no order ext...