Supreme Court of India

Manik Madhukar Sarve & Ors. v. Vitthal Damuji Meher & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 753
Bench Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.
Decided 28 August 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the discretion exercised by the learned Single Judge of the High Court to grant bail to the respondent no.1 was not in tune with the principles that conventionally govern exercise of such power, a plurality of which stand enunciated in the case-law supra.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Respondent no.1 was released on bail by the High Court for offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120- of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.439 – Bail – The case of the prosecution is that one accused viz. K (President of a Society), in connivance with the co-accused, misappropriated an amount of ₹79,54,26,963/- – Further case of the prosecution that respondent no.1 is a co-conspirator and a close

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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