Supreme Court of India

Babu Singh and Ors. v. The State of U.P.

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Reported as [1978] 2 S.C.R. 777

Bench V.R. Krishna Iyer J.

Decided 31 January 1978

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Bail-Grant of bail-Practice and Procedure in the matter of granting. of bail to an aci:used person pending the hearing of an appeal-Criteria for bail-Order XLVll Rule 6 r!w Order XX/ Rules 6 and 27 of Supreme Court Rules, 1966-Courts are not barred from second consideration at a later stage by e11tertaini11g another application for bail-Effect of interim directions by the Court. All the petitioners were charged with the offence of murder u/s 3Q2 l.P .. .. but all of them were acquitted by the Sessions Judge on 4-11-1972. The State sUcC'essfully appealed against the acquittal and by its

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2011 Sanjay Chandra v. Cbi relied on
2025 The Central Bureau of Investigation v. Mir Usman @ Ara @ Mir Usman Ali referred to
2022 Deepak Yadav v. State of U.P. & Anr referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to

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