Guilty until proven innocent???

Mr Periera and his car crash have been talking points of the media for weeks now. How the cops have been galvanised to action is commendable. But isn't there something called as overdoing it? Judges are also human and can get influenced by the media if they aren't careful. If the judge can go to the extent of making him pay 35,000 to each of the legal heirs of the dead (in addition to a bail bond on 25,000) before the case is tried, isn't it already assumed that he is guilty?

I quote:

The Bombay High Court today granted bail to Alistair Pereira, accused of killing seven persons when he ran his car over them while they were sleeping on the pavement in Bandra on November 12.

The court, which granted bail for a surety of Rs 25,000 to 21-year-old Pereira, directed him to pay compensation of Rs 35,000 each to the heirs of the dead within a week.

Pereira was charged under Section 304 of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), while the other five were booked under the Bombay Prohibition Act and released on a bail of Rs 5,000 each.

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