Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1325 · Decided 11 November 2022
Bhuri Bai v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1325 · [2022] 10 S.C.R. 190
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1972/2022
- Decided
- 11 November 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 439(2)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439(2) - Cancellation of bail - Power of - Held: Power of cancellation of bail should be exercised with extreme care and circumspection - Such cancellation cannot be ordered merely for any perceived indiscipline on the part of granting bail - Very cogent and overwhelming circumstances or grounds are required to cancel the bail already granted - Unless a strong case based on any supervening event is made out, an order granting bail is not to be lightly interfered with - Cancellation is envisaged only in
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)