Supreme Court of India

Ranjit Singh v. State of M.P. and Others

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 273
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dlpak Misra JJ.
Decided 27 September 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in the obtaining factual matrix the said exercise was not necessary as the grant of bail was absolutely illegal RANJIT SINGH v.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Bail - Grant of - Enlargement. of qOcused-appellant on bail by the Sessions Judge on the strength of an earlier order of the High Court - Justification - Held: On facts, not justified - The Sessions Judge had erroneous perception and fallacious understanding of the earlier High Court order and absolutely misconstrued it - There was no deliberation with .. regard to the requirements u/s.439 CrPC in the order passed ~by the Sess(ons Judge - Relevant aspects while dealing with · an application for bail were not kept in view by the Sessions Judge - Grant of bail though involves exercise of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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