Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 130 · Decided 14 March 2012

Jai Prakash Singh v. The State of Bihar & ANR. ETC.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2012 INSC 130 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 1
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 525/2012
Decided
14 March 2012
Bench
B.S. CHAUHAN, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Disposed off
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 438, 439

Headnote

A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 438 - Anticipatory bail - Grant of - On facts, FIR registered against respondent C for commission of offence u/ss. 302134 /PC - FIR was iodged promptly within two hours from the time of incident - Deceased received multiple abrasions and five gun shot motive between the parties - High Court enlarged the respondents on anticipatory bail - Sustainability of - Held: o Anticipatory bail can be granted only in exceptional circumstances where the court is prima facie of the view that the applicant has falsely been enroped in the crime and would

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