Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 68 · Decided 9 April 1980
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc . v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 68 · [1980] 3 S.C.R. 383
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 335/1978
- Decided
- 9 April 1980
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, N.L. UNTWALIA, R.S. PATHAK, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 438; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Bail-Anticipatory Bail-Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1913 (Act 2 of 1974), Scope of-Judicial balancing of personal lib<rly and the investigarional powers of the Police, explained. The appellant here.in, Sri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia was a Minister of Irriga..J C tion and Power Ministry of the Government of Punjab. Grave allegations of political corruption were made against him and others whereupon applications were filed in the High Court of Puujab and Haryaua under section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code, praying that the appellauts be directed to be relea1!ed. on
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