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Category: Bail Granted

Bail Granted

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 406, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120B – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Section 13(1)(d) – Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Sections 9 and 17 – Bail application – Arguments of threat to national security cannot accept this contention blind fold- In any case, the prosecution is not remedy less, if a person enlarged on bail, indulges in certain activities – BAIL GRANTED

Jun 20, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH JINOFER KAWASJI BHUJWALA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. )…

Bail Granted

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) -Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 – Allegation is that the appellant had sold the same flat to two persons – Continued custody of the appellant is not warranted – Charges have already been framed – Appellant has been in custody for over a year and three months – This Court direct that the appellant be released on bail

Mar 30, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KHURSHID KHAN — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant, JJ. ) Criminal…

Bail Granted

Bail – Humanitarian grounds – There is no member of the family who is available to look after the spouse of the applicant and she is presently in the care of domestic staff – Applicant’s spouse had undergone three invasive open heart cardiac surgeries in the past and that she suffers from other serious medical conditions – In the past, when the applicant was released on interim bail, he had complied with the conditions which were imposed by the Court and had returned to custody as directed

Mar 30, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUBRATA BHATTACHARYA — Appellant Vs. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant, JJ.…

Bail Granted

Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 – Grant of interim bail – Medical grounds – Applicant is a builder who is alleged to have defrauded nearly 1400 persons and to have collected an amount of over Rs 40 crores – Since the applicant has been in custody for over three and half years and has suffered from cancer for which he had to undergo surgery – It appropriate and proper to direct release of the applicant on interim bail for a period of six weeks

Mar 30, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH AZAM KHAN — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Respondent ( Before : D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant, JJ. ) I.A. No.47747/2020 in…

Bail Granted

High Court ought to have kept in view that ‘Bail is rule and jail is exception’ – There is no gain saying that bail should not be granted or rejected in a mechanical manner as it concerns the liberty of a person . Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 420, 177, 181, 193, 200, 120­B, 498­A, 323 and 506 – Bail application

Mar 18, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH JEETENDRA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ANR. — Respondent ( Before : S.A. Bobde, CJI., B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant.,…

Bail Granted

Bail Applications Need To Be Disposed Of Expeditiously & Finally: SC Records ‘Displeasure’ About Long Pendency Of Bail Plea In HC HELD “We have no hesitation in observing that adopting such a course, that too, by a constitutional Court, is wholly unfathomable and must be eschewed.”

Feb 21, 2020 sclaw

Bail Applications Need To Be Disposed Of Expeditiously & Finally: SC Records ‘Displeasure’ About Long Pendency Of Bail Plea In HC [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 21 Feb 2020 12:56…

Bail Granted

IMP :: Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Limited To A Fixed Period Except In Special And Peculiar Circumstances: SC HELD anticipatory bail should not invariably be limited to a fixed period. But if there are any special or peculiar features necessitating the court to limit the tenure of anticipatory bail, it is open for it to do so, life or duration of an anticipatory bail order does not end normally at the time and stage when the accused is summoned by the court, or when charges are framed, but can continue till the end of the trial except in special and peculiar cases.

Jan 29, 2020 sclaw

  Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Limited To A Fixed Period Except In Special And Peculiar Circumstances: SC  Ashok Kini 29 Jan 2020 5:25 PM The Supreme Court has held that…

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