Supreme Court of India
Ms. P v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, we a re of the considered opinion that the respondent No. 2 does not deserve the concession of bail.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 – Special powe rs of High Courts and Courts of Sessions regarding bail – Exerc ise of – Held: High Court or the Sessions Court have wide discret ion u/s. 439(1) however, it must be exercised after due appl ication of the judicial mind and not in a routine manner – Liberty of the indiv idual has been placed on the high pedestal however, the r easons for granting bail should be furnished – Absence of cogent reasons and failure to refer the relevant factors to grant bail c an persuade the appellate court to interfere with the order passed – Bail once
Authorities it was built on
- 2002 Ram Govind Upadhyay v. Sudarshan Singh and Ors.
- 2010 Prasanta Kumar Sarkar v. Ashis Chatterjee & Anr.
- 2019 Mahipal v. Rajesh Kumar @ Polia & Anr.
- 2001 Puran Etc. Etc. v. Rambilas and Anr. Etc. Etc.
- 2014 Neeru Yadav v. State of U.p and Another
- 2001 Prahlad Singh Bhat v. N.C. T., Delhi and Anr.
- 1994 Dolat Ram and Ors. v. The State of Haryana
- 2012 Ash Mohammad v. Shiv Raj Singh @ Lalla Babu and Anr.
- 2004 Chaman Lal v. State of U.P. and Anr.
- 2017 Anil Kumar Yadav v. State (nct) of Delhi & Anr.
- 2011 Prakash Kadam and Etc. Etc. v. Ramprasad Vishwanath Gupta and Anr.
- 2022 Jagjeet Singh & Ors v. Ashish Mishra @ Monu & Anr.
- 2008 Dr. Narendra K Amin v. State of Gujarat and Anr.
- 2009 Masroor v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 2014 Abdul Basit @ Raju & Ors. Etc. v. Md. Abdul Kadir Chaudhary & Anr.
- 2008 Brij Nandan Jaiswal v. Munna @ Munna Jaiswal & Anr.
- 2013 Ranjit Singh v. State of M.P. and Others
- 2012 Dipak Shubhashchandra Mehta v. C.B.I. and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 State of Karnataka v. Sri Darshan Etc.
- 2025 Phireram v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2024 Ajwar v. Waseem and Another
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