Many Supreme Court and High Court judgments contain this observation. Justice VR Krishna Iyer said thus in State Of Rajasthan vs Balchand @ Baliay AIR 1977 SC 2447. Last year, in Arnab Manoranjan Goswami v. State of Maharashtra 2021 (2) SCC 427, Justice DY Chandrachud (now CJI) commented about the judgment in Balchand (supra) [Notice the footnote particularly ] This Court, time and …
Section 437 CrPC provides that when any person accused of, or suspected of, the commission of any non-bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station or appears or is brought before a Court other than the High Court or Court of session, he may be released …
In Harjeet Chandok @ Harjeet Singh vs State Of Karnataka, the Sessions Court has rejected the bail application on the sole ground that the accused have not produced the address proof of their native place. The Karnataka High Court, while allowing their bail plea, observed that ‘the petitioners are natives of some other State itself …
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