Supreme Court of India

.jagmohan Bahl & Anr. v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 543
Bench Dipak Misra and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 18 December 2014

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.439(2), 438 "'.' Bail application - First bail application dismissed by Additional Sessions Judge - Second bail application allowed by another Additional Sessions Judge who had not dealt with the first bail application - Held: The Judge, who has declined to entertain the prayer for grant of bail, if available, should hear the second bail application or the successive bail applications - It is in consonance with the principle of judicial decorum, discipline and propriety - Unless such principle is adhered to, there is enormous possibility of forum-shopping

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