Supreme Court of India

Naveen Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 52
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 15 March 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid reasons, the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court releasing Respondent No.2 - accused on bail is unsustainable and deserves to be quashed and set aside and is accordingly set aside.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Bail – Forgery / manipulation of court records – Respondent no.2 was beneficiary of the same – FIR u/ss. 420, 467, 468, 471, 120- IPC – Sessions Judge dismissed bail application of responde nt no.2 – High Court, however, released him on bail – If justified – Held: High Court released respondent no.2 on bail in a routine and casual manner without adverting to the seriousness of the offence and the gravity of the matter relating to forgery and /or manipulation of the court order – It did not at all consider that respondent no.2 was charged for offences u/ss. 420, 467, 468, 471, 120- IPC and

Where later benches applied it

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