Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 323 · Decided 19 April 2024
Ramayan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 323 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 686
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2168/2024
- Decided
- 19 April 2024
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 439
Headnote
Whether the High Court appropriately exercised its discretion under Section 439 of the CrPC while granting bail to the accused persons. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 439 - Discretion to grant bail ought not to be used arbitrarily, Appeal allowed - High Court ought not to have been granted bail on account of (i) seriousness of the crime; (ii) conduct of accused persons; and (iii) overall impact of crime on the society. Held: Accused persons charged under s. 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, 506, 427, 394, 411, 302 and 120-B,
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