Supreme Court of India

Rekha Sengar v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 314
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Vineet Saran and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 21 January 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.439 – Bail – N on- bailable cases – FIR against petitioner and another perso n alleging involvement in pre-natal sex determination and sex selectiv e abortion – Bail denied – Held: In non-bailable cases, the pri mary factors the court must consider while exercising the discretion to grant bail are nature and gravity of the offence, its impact o n society, and whether there is a prima facie case against the accused – In the present case, there is prima facie evidence against the petitioner – No ground for granting parity with the co-accused who se alleged

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