Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 85 · Decided 10 February 2012
Dipak Shubhashchandra Mehta v. C.B.I. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 85 · [2012] 3 S.C.R. 278
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 348/2012
- Decided
- 10 February 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 239; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Bail - Grant of - Detention in jail custody for long period - Delay in trial - Effect of - Held: When there is delay in trial, C bail should be granted to the accused, though the same should not be applied to all cases mechanically - In the instant case, it is clear that due to various factors the time - Considering the non-possibility of chommencement of trial in near future and also of the fact that D the accused-appellant is in custody from 31.03.2010, except the period of interim bail, i.e. from 15.09.2011 to 30.11.2011, it is not a fit case to fix any outer limit taking note of the
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