Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 145 · Decided 9 February 2026
Sumit v. State of U.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 145 · [2026] 3 S.C.R. 87
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 830/2026
- Decided
- 9 February 2026
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS; BNS Section 3, 4; CrPC Section 437(5), 439(2)
Headnote
Whether the High Court was well within its reasons to grant the anticipatory bail by restricting it upto the stage of filing of the chargesheet; What will be the position, when an accused has been released on bail, pending the investigation, and later upon completion of addition of new cognizable and non-bailable offences. Bail - Rejection of Anticipatory Bail - Dowry death - An FIR was registered u/s.80(2)/85 BNS and ss.3 and 4 respectively of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - The appellant/brother- in-law of the
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