Supreme Court of India

Bimla Tiwari v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 501
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 16 January 2023

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Bail – Pre-arrest bail and regular bail – Grant of – Considerations – Held: The process of criminal law cannot be utilised for armtwisting and money recovery, partic ularly while opposing the prayer for bail – The question as to w hether pre- arrest bail, or for that matter regular bail, in a given case i s to be granted or not is required to be examined and the d iscretion is required to be exercised by the Court with reference to the mate rial on record and the parameters governing bail considerations – In a given case, the concession of pre-arrest bail or regula r bail could be declined

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