Supreme Court of India

Bhuri Bai v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2022] 10 S.C.R. 190
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Sudhanshu Dhulia JJ.
Decided 11 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal succeeds and is allowed; the impugned order dated 10.02.2022 as passed by the High Court is set aside and the order dated 05.08.2021 as passed by the First Additional Sessions Judge, Jaura, District Morena is restored.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439(2) – Cancellatio n of bail – Power of – Held: Power of cancellation of bail should be exercised with extreme care and circumspection – Such cancel lation cannot be ordered merely for any perceived indiscipline on the part of the accused before granting bail – Very cogent and overwh elming circumstances or grounds are required to cancel the bail already granted – Unless a strong case based on any supervenin g event is made out, an order granting bail is not to be lightly interfere d with – Cancellation is envisaged only in such cases where the libe rty

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