Supreme Court of India

Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2005] 1 S.C.R. 160

Bench R.C. Lahoti, G.P. Mathur and P.P. Naolekar JJ.

Decided 10 January 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that prima facie a strong case has been made out for grant of bail to the petitioner.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 437, 439; Evidence Act, Section I 0, 30-Bail-Grant of-Accused is entitled to bail only when there is no prima facie case against him-Conspiracy and murder-Allegation that deceased had made serious complaints against accused and told witnesses of danger to his life has little value in the absence of evidence to indicate that these complaints were made known to accused or' he had shown any resentment against deceased for making such complaints-Confession of co-accused not admissible as there is no strong proof of conspiracy-Prima facie case made out for

Authorities it was built on

2001 Prakash Dhawal Khairnar (patil) v. State of Maharashtra cited by 13

Where later benches applied it

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2023 Vernon v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. referred to
2019 Shri P. Chidambaram v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2012 Pratapbhai Hamirbhai Solanki v. State of Gujarat and Another referred to
2024 Shoma Kanti Sen v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. mentioned
2019 National Investigation Agency v. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali mentioned
2008 Dinesh M.N. (s.p.) v. State of Gujarat mentioned
2008 Vimalben Ajitbhai Patel v. Vatslabeen Ashokbhai Patel and Ors. mentioned
2008 Narayan Ghosh @ Nantu Etc. v. State of Orissa mentioned
2006 Chenna Boyanna Krishna Yadav v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. mentioned
2005 Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 7 mentioned

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