Supreme Court of India
Seemant Kumar Singh v. Mahesh Ps & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the actions of the High Court during the bail proceedings of a third party are manifestly arbitrary and unjust, and the High Court must have confined itself to the issues relevant to it for the purposes of deciding the bail of the Respondent No.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Bail – Adverse remarks – Expunction of – During the pendency of bail proceedings of respondent no.1, th e High Court made adverse remarks against the appellants, who had no lis in the proceedings – Further, the High Court issued direction fo r seeking reports against appellant no.2 during the bail proc eedings – On appeal, held – Remarks made by High Court against appellant no.2 are unreasonable and without justification as appel lant no.2 has no personal involvement in the case – No evidence against appe llant no.2 has been analysed and no opportunity has been given to h im to explain
Authorities it was built on
- 1986 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal & Ors.
- 2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc
- 1986 Niranjan Patnaik v. Sashibhusan Kar & Anr.
- 2010 Reserve Bank of India v. Gm, Coope. Bank Deposit Ajc Hr. Sha & Ors.
- 2020 State Rep. by the Inspector of Police v. M. Murugesan & Anr.
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