Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 46 · Decided 15 January 2020
State REP. BY the Inspector of Police v. M. Murugesan & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 46 · [2020] 2 S.C.R. 553
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 45/2020
- Decided
- 15 January 2020
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 439
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 - Bail application under - High Court after deciding the application retained the file and collected data from all the States and in its order gave observations regarding reforms in the criminal justice system - High Court also constituted its recommendations on the reforms - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Jurisdiction u/s. 439 is limited to grant or not to grant bail - The jurisdiction of High Court came to an end when an application for grant of bail was finally decided - High Court committed grave
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