Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 615 · Decided 13 September 2013
Sumit Mehta v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 615 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 125
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1436/2013
- Decided
- 13 September 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 438; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
125 SUMIT MEHTA v. STATE OF N.C.T. OF DELHI (Criminal Appeal No. 1436 of 2013) SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 [P. SATHASIVAM, CJI AND RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, J.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: A B c s.438 - Power under - Purpose and scope of - FIR u/s. 420, 467, 468 and 471 /PC - Anticipatory bail while granting 0 bail, is to avoid possibility of the person hampering the investigation - Thus any condition which has no reference to the fairness or propriety of the investigation or trial, cannot be countenanced as permissible under law - Therefore, condition of deposit for grant of
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