Accused Not Entitled To Default Bail When First Extension(Passed In Absence Of Accused) Wasn t Challenged & Second Extension Was Passed In His Presence: SCThe Supreme Court held that an accused cannot.
The Madras High Court on Friday granted bail to BJP leader Amar Prasad Reddy arrested in connection with the alleged attacking and damage of a JCB machine brought to remove the illegal and.
A Division Bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee observed that a High Court in its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has the power to grant bail in a suitable case. In an application under Article 226, the High Court must be circumspect in exercising its powers [to grant bail]
on the basis of the facts of each case. However, the High Court should not foreclose itself from the exercise of the power when a citizen has been arbitrarily deprived of their personal liberty in an excess of state power, it observed while granting bail to Arnab Goswami in a habeas corpus petition.