Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 39 · Decided 20 February 1978
Harsh Sawhney v. Union Territory (Chandigarh ADMN.)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 39 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 129
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 110/1978
- Decided
- 20 February 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH, R.S. PATHAK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 20(3)
Headnote
v. UNION TERRITORY (CHANDIGARH ADMN.) February 20, 1978 129 A [V. R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH & R. S. PATHAK, JJ.J B Bail, grant of-Bail cannot be refused on. the gro_und that judicial custody is nc.>cessary ]or the purposes of search of prefn1ses or 1nterrogat10.n ?f the accuse_d by be taken into custody for pUrPC¥ies of search of premises in his presence or for the purposes of interrog~tion in con· nection \Vith investigation of the case so long as the principles bearing on grant or refusal of bail on the lines indicated in Gurcharan Singh's case, [1978] 2
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