Supreme Court of India

Bohatti Devi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 7 S.C.R. 283
Bench M. R. Shah and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 30 September 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above facts and circumstances, the im pugned judgment and order passed by the High Court releasing the respondent No. 2 on bail is unsustainable and the same deserves to be quashed and set aside and is accordingly quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 120B – Bail – Respondent no.2- accused granted bail by High Court – On appeal, held : No cog ent reasons have been given by the High Court while rel easing the respondent no.2 on bail, germane to the grant of bail and that too in a very serious offence u/ss.302 and 120B – Mater ial and/or relevant aspects have been ignored by the High Court while rele asing the respondent no.2 on bail – Further, while considering the pa rity with co-accused, it did not consider the role attributed to the said co-accused and the allegations against respondent no.2 – Impug ned

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