Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 623 · Decided 1 September 2015
Bhadresh Bipinbhai Sheth v. State of Gujarat &another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 623 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 398
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1134/2015
- Decided
- 1 September 2015
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 506, 506(2); CrPC Section 438
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.438 -Anticipatory C bail - Grant of- Charge framed against appellant in the year 2001 only uls. 506(2) /PC on the basis of the statement recorded-Addition of charge u/s.376 IPC nine years later­ Order passed for committal of proceedings to Sessions Court custody - Application by the 0 appellant for anticipatory bail - Grant of, by the Sessions Judge, however, cancellation by the High Court-Justification of- Held: Merely because the charge u/s. 376 IPC, which is a serious charge, is now added, the benefit of anticipatory bail cannot be
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