Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 537 · Decided 16 July 2024
The State of Meghalaya v. Lalrintluanga Sailo & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 537 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 1314
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 16021/2023
- Decided
- 16 July 2024
- Bench
- C.T. RAVIKUMAR, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; NDPS Act Section 37(1)(b)(ii), 37, 21(c), 29
Headnote
Whether the High Court erred in granting bail to the accused solely on the ground that she was suffering from HIV, without adverting to the mandate under Section 37(1)(b)(ii), NDPS Act, and without taking in view the quantity of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.37 - Recording a finding mandated u/s.37 is sine qua non for granting bail to accused under the Act - High Court erred in granting bail to accused solely on the ground that she was suffering from HIV, without adverting to
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