Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 691 · Decided 29 October 2021
Bhoopendra Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 691 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 188
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1279/2021
- Decided
- 29 October 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 147, 148, 149, 323, 341, 302, 336; CrPC Section 173
Headnote
Bail: Grant of - Correctness of - On facts, 60 year old women accused of murder of village sarpanch - Case of previous enimity between accused and the victim - Four previous bail application rejected - Fifth bail application granted by the High Held: Not sustainable - High Court failed to notice relevant circumstances bearing on the seriousness and gravity of the crime and the specific role attributed to the accused - High Court proceeded on the erroneous basis that no specific or overt act attributed to the accused
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