Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 45 · Decided 16 January 2023
Bimla Tiwari v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 45 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 501
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 834/2023
- Decided
- 16 January 2023
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 4; CrPC Section 82, 83
Headnote
Bail - Pre-arrest bail and regular bail - Grant of - Considerations - Held: The process of criminal law cannot be utilised for armtwisting and money recovery, particularly while opposing the prayer for bail - The question as to whether pre- arrest bail, or for that or not is required to be examined and the discretion is required to be exercised by the Court with reference to the material on record and the parameters governing bail considerations - In a given case, the concession of pre-arrest bail or regular bail could be declined even if the
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