Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 813 · Decided 1 December 2021
Ashim @ Asim Kumar Haranath Bhattacharya @ Asim Harinath Bhattacharya @ Aseem Kumar Bhattacharya v. National Investigation Agency
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 813 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1525/2021
- Decided
- 1 December 2021
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, ABHAY S. OKA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Bail: Post-arrest bail - Trial for offence under National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 - Charge sheet filed against the accused in 2012 while charges framed after seven years in 2019 - Statement of still not completed - Large number of prosecution witnesses yet to be examined - Appellant-accused in custody since 2012 and completed nine and a half years of incarceration as undertrial prisoner - Appellant seeking bail - Held: Deprivation of personal liberty without
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