Supreme Court of India
Sundeep Kumar Bafna v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the learned Single Judge erred in law in holding that he was devoid H 528 SUPREME COURT REPORTS (2014] 4 S.C.R. A of jurisdiction so far as the application presented to him by the Appellant before us was concerned.
Judgment, page 42
From the headnote
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: c s. 439 - Bail - Case triable by Court of Session - Power of Court of Session and High Court to grant bail till committal of case to Court of Session - Held: There is no provision in Cr. P. . or elsewhere, curtailing the power of either of superior courts to entertain and decide pleas for bail - substantial 0 period may inevitably intervene between a Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence triable by Court of Session and its committal to such court - During this interregnum, s. 439 can be invoked for purpose of pleading for bail - Since severe
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 State of Haryana and Ors v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors.
- 1980 Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc. v. State of Punjab
- 1960 State of U.P. v. Deoman Upadhyaya
- 1980 Niranjan Singh & Anr. v. Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote & Ors.
- 1989 Union of India & Anr. v. Raghubir Singh (dead) by Lrs. Etc.
- 1994 Directorate of Enforcement v. Deepak Mahajan and Anr.
- 1985 Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police and Anr.
- 2002 Chandra Prakash and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Anr.
- 1977 Gurcharan Singh & Ors. v. State (delhi Administration)
- 1980 P. S. R. Sadhanantham v. Arunachalam & Aiir.
- 2005 Adri Dharan Das v. State of West Bengal
- 2004 Nirmal Jeet Kaur v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr.
- 1999 Shiv Kumar v. Hukam Chand and Anr.
- 2005 Dilawar Singh v. Parvinder Singh@ Iqbal Singh and Anr.
- 2012 Rashmi Rekha Thatoi & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors.
- 2008 State of Haryana & Ors. v. Dinesh Kumar
- 2001 M/s J.K. International v. State, Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Ors.
- 2004 Sunita Devi v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 1976 Balchand Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Ram Kishor Arora v. Directorate of Enforcement
- 2022 The Secretary to Govt. of Kerala, Irrigation Department and Others v. James Varghese and Others
- 2020 Dr. Shah Faesal and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2017 National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
- 2026 Parveen Kumar@ Parveen Chauhan v. State of Haryana
- 2024 M/s Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rambha Devi & Ors.
- 2023 Enforcement Directorate, Government of India v. Kapil Wadhawan & Anr. Etc
- 2020 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr.
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