Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 239 · Decided 18 February 2025
In Re: Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail v.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 239 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1588
- Case number
- SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 4/2021
- Decided
- 18 February 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 473; CrPC Section 432, 473; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
The first issue is whether the power to grant remission can be exercised without the convict or anyone on behalf of the convict applying to the appropriate Government for a grant of remission. The second issue is about the nature of conditions imposed while granting whether there can be automatic revocation of remission granted to the convict if he commits a breach of the terms and conditions on which remission is granted. Lastly, another question is whether there is a requirement to record reasons while rejecting applications of the convicts for grant of
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