Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 181 · Decided 15 March 2021
Aminuddin v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 181 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 264
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 317/2021
- Decided
- 15 March 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 438, 82; Constitution Article 136, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India: Arts. 136, 21 - Invocation of jurisdiction under - In a matter involving serious offence of murder, grant of bail by High Court - On appeal, held: Undoubtedly, the protection of personal liberty u/Art. 21 is a constitutional value which by the High Court, as indeed by all courts - Equally, in a matter involving serious offence of murder, the liberty of the accused has to be necessarily balanced with the public interest in the administration of criminal justice system which requires that a person who is accused of a crime
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