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BAIL
(For Magistrates)
S.S. Upadhyay
Former District & Sessions Judge/
Former Addl. Director (Training)
Institute of Judicial Training & Research, UP, Lucknow.
Member, Governing Body,
Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Chandigarh.
Former Legal Advisor to Governor
Raj Bhawan, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
Mobile : 9453048988
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: lawhelpline.in

1. Object of Bail u/s 437 or 439 CrPC : It has been laid down from the earliest
time that the object of Bail is to secure the appearance of the accused person
at his trial by reasonable amount of Bail. The object of Bail is neither punitive
nor preventive. Deprivation of liberty must be considered a punishment
unless it can be required to ensure that an accused person will stand his trial
when called upon. The courts owe more than verbal respect to the principle
that punishment begins after convictions, and that every man is deemed to be
innocent until duly tried and duly found guilty. From the earlier times, it was
appreciated that detention in custody pending completion of trial could be a
cause of great hardship. From time to time, necessity demands that some
unconvicted persons should be held in custody pending trial to secure their
attendance at the trial but in such case 'necessity' is the operative test. In this
country, it would be quite contrary to the concept of personal liberty
enshrined in the constitution that any persons should be punished in respect
of any matter, upon which, he has not been convicted or that in any
circumstances, he should be deprived of his liberty under Article 21 of the
Constitution upon only the belief that he will tamper with the witnesses if left
at liberty, save in the most extraordinary circumstances. Apart from the
question of prevention being the object of a refusal of bail, one must not lose
sight of the fact that any imprisonment before conviction has a substantial
punitive content and it would be improper for any court to refuse bail as mark
of disapproval of former conduct whether the accused has been convicted for
it or not or to refuse bail to an unconvicted person for the purpose of giving
him a taste of imprisonment as a lesson. See: Sanjay Chandra Vs. Central
Bureau of Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830.
2. Requirements for bail u/s 437 & 439 are different : Section 437 severally
curtails the power of the Magistrate to grant bail in context of the
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commission of non-bailable offences punishable with death or

imprisonement for life, the two higher Courts have only the procedural
requirement of giving notice of the Bail application to the Public Prosecutor,
which requirement is also ignorable if circumstances so demand. Parliament
has carried out amendments to this pandect comprising Sections 437 to 439,
and, therefore, predicates on the well established principles of interpretation
of statutes that what is not plainly evident from their reading, was never
intended to be incorporated into law. Soe salient features o these provisions
are that whilst Section 437 contemplates that a person has to be accused or
suspect of a non-bailable offence and consequently arrested or detained
without warrant, Section 439 empowers the Sessions Court or High Court to
grant bail if such a person is in custody. The difference of language
manifests the sublime differentiation in the two provisions, and, therefore,
there is no justification in giving the word 'custody' the same or closely
similar meaning and content as arrest or detention. Furthermore, while
Section 437 severelly curtails the power of the Magistrate to grant bail in
context of the commission of non-bailable offences punishable with death or
imprisonment for life, the two higher Courts have only the procedural
requirement of giving notice of the Bail application to the Public Prosecutor,
which requirement is also ignorable if circumstances so demand. The
regimes regulating the powers of the Magistrate on the one hand and the two
superior Courts are decidedly and intentionally not identical, but vitally and
drastically dissimilar. Indeed, the only complicity that can be contemplated
is the conuundrum of 'Committal of cases to the Court of Session' because of
a possible hiatus created by the CrPC. See : Sundeep Kumar Bafna Vs.
State of Maharashtra, AIR 2014 SC 1745
3. Object of bail not punitive or preventive but to secure appearance of
accused at trial : The object of grant of bail to an accused of an offence is
neither punitive nor preventive in nature. The true object behind grant of bail
is to secure appearance of accused during trial. See: Sanjay Chandra Vs.
Central Bureau of Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830 (Note: it was 2G Spectrum Scam Case).
4. Refusal of bail & detention of under trial prisoner in jail to an indefinite
period violative of Article 21 of the Constitution : If bail to an accused
under Section 437 or 439 of the CrPC is refused by the court and he is
detained in jail for an indefinite period of time and his trial is likely to take
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considerable time, the same would be violative of his fundamental rights as

to 'personal liberty' guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution. See:
Sanjay Chandra Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830.
5. Bail is the rule, jail exception : While considering an application for bail
either under Section 437 or 439 CrPC, the court should keep in view the
principle that grant of bail is the rule and committal to jail an exception.
Refusal of bail is a restriction on personal liberty of the individual guaranteed
by Article 21 of the Constitution. See: Sanjay Chandra Vs. Central Bureau
of Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830.
6. Seriousness of the offence not to be treated as the only consideration in
refusing bail : Seriousness of the offence should not to be treated as the only
ground for refusal of bail. See: Sanjay Chandra Vs. Central Bureau of
Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830 (Note: it was 2G Spectrum Scam Case).

7. Personal appearance/custody of accused must for bail : Bail application

cannot be entertained/heard unless the accused is in the custody of the court.
If the accused is already lodged in jail under some order of court, the bail
application can be heard and disposed of even without physical
appearance/production of the accused before the court. Since the provisions
of Sec. 438 CrPCregarding anticipatory bail have been omitted in the State of
U.P. vide U.P. Act No. 16 of 1976, so granting bail without seeking custody
of the accused would amount to bring in vogue the omitted provisions of Sec.
438 CrPC. Even u/s 88 Cr.P.C., bail cannot be granted to a person without
his personal appearance before the court. See:
1. Sundeep Kumar Bafna Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2014 SC 1745
2. Vaman Narain Vs. State of Rajasthan, 2009 Cr.L.J. 1311 (SC)
3. Sunita Devi Vs. State of Bihar, 2005(51) ACC 220 (SC)
4. Mukesh Kumar Vs. State of U.P., 2000(40) ACC 306 (All)
5. Kamlesh Parihar Vs. State of U.P., 1999 ALJ 1507 (All—D.B.)
6. Niranjan Singh Vs. Prabhakar Rajaram, AIR 1980 SC 785
7. Pawan Kumar Pandey Vs. State of UP, 1997 Cr LJ 2686 (All--LB)

8. Accused to be permitted to surrender even without report from police :

The practice of some of the subordinate Magistrates not to permit an accused to surrender
when they make such request and simply ask the Public Prosecutor to report is not proper.
When an accused surrenders in court and makes an application stating that he is wanted in
the crime, his prayer should be accepted. The practice of postponing surrender application
is not fair and cannot be approved. Things may, however, stand differently if the surrender
application does not specifically mention that the person surrendering is wanted in a case
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or that the police may be asked to report if he is wanted at all. See: Devendra Singh

Negi Vs. State of U.P., 1993 A.Cr.R. 184 (All).

9. Bail during police custody remand : Relying upon the Constitution Bench
decision in the case of Shri Gur Vaksh Singh SibbiaVs. State of Punjab, AIR 1980 SC
1632, it has been held by the Bombay High Court that bail application u/s 439 of the CrPC
is maintainable before the Sessions Court even if filed during the period of police remand
of the accused granted by magistrate. Sessions Court can not reject application for bail on
that ground. Bail application should be entertained and considered on merits even if there
is order of police remand. See: Krushna Guruswami Naidu Vs. State of

Maharashtra, 2011 CrLJ 2065 (Bombay).

10. Bail in bailable offences u/s 436 CrPC: The right of an accused to bail u/s
436 CrPC in bailable offence is an absolute and indefeasible right. In bailable
offences there is no question of discretion in granting bail as the words of
Section 436 CrPCare imperative. As soon as it appears that the accused
person is prepared to give bail, the police officer or the court before whom he
offers to give bail, is bound to release him on such terms as to bail as may
appear to the officer or the court to be reasonable. It would even be open to
the officer or the court to discharge such person on his executing a bond as
provided in Sec. 436 CrPCinstead of taking bail from him. See :
(i) Rasiklal Vs. Kishore, (2009) 2 SCC (Criminal) 338
(ii) Vaman Narain Ghiya Vs. State of Rajasthan, 2009 CrLJ 1311 (SC)
11. Offences punishable with imprisonment less than three years are
bailable : The expression "bailable offences" has been defined in Section 2(a) of
the CrPC. It means an offence which is either shown to be bailable in the First
Schedule of the CrPC or which is made bailable by any other law for the time
being in force. The First Schedule the Code of Criminal Procedure consists of part
1 and part 2. While part 1 deals with offences under the IPC, part 2 deals with
offences under other laws. Accordingly, if the provisions of part 2 of the first
schedule are to be applied, an offence in order to be cognizable and bailable would
have to be an offence which is punishable with imprisonment for less than 3 years
or with fine only, being the third item under the category of offences indicated in
the said part. An offence punishable with imprisonment for 3 years and upwards,
but not more than 7 years, has been shown to be cognizable and non-bailable. See :
Om Prakash & another Vs. Union of India & another, 2012 (76) ACC
869 (SC) (Three-Judge Bench).
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12. No conditions to be imposed for bailable offences u/s 436 CrPC: Court
has no discretion to impose any conditions while granting bail to an accused u/s
436 CrPCfor a bailable offence except demanding security with sureties. See :
Vaman Narain Vs. State of Rajasthan, 2009 CrLJ 1311 (SC)
13. Bail in bailable offences : -when to be refused : Sec. 436(2) CrPC reads under--
“Sec. 436(2) CrPC : Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
where a person has failed to comply with the conditions of the bail-bond as regards
the time and place of attendance, the Court may refuse to release him on bail, when
on a subsequent occasion in the same case he appears before the Court or is
brought in custody and any such refusal shall be without prejudice to the powers of
the Court to call upon any person bound by such bond to pay the penalty thereof
under Section 446.”
14. Offence u/s 506 IPC cognizable & non-bailable : A Full Bench of the
Hon'ble Allahabad High Court has held that the U.P. State Government’s
Notification No.777/VIII-94(2)-87 dated 31.7.1989 issued u/s 10 of the Criminal
Law Amendment Act, 1932 making the offence u/s 506 IPC as cognizable and
non-bailable is valid. The offence u/s 506 IPC in U.P. is therefore cognizable and
non-bailable. See :
(i) Mata Sewak Upadhyaya Vs. State of U.P., 1995 AWC 2031 (All)(Full Bench).
(ii) Judgment dated 01.07.2013 of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court passed on Application
u/s 482 CrPC No. 20270/2013, Panjak Gupta Vs. State of UP.
(iii) Division Bench decision dated 23.05.2008 of the Hon'ble Allahabad High
Court rendered in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3251/2008, Ravi Prakash
Khemka Vs. State of UP.

15. Offence u/s 506 IPC non-cognizable & bailable : In the case noted below,
a Division Bench of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court (by not noticing its
earlier Full Bench decision in the case of Mata Sewak Upadhyaya Vs. State
of U.P., 1995 AWC 2031) while declaring the U.P. State Government’s
Notification No.777/VIII-94(2)-87 dated 31.7.1989 issued u/s 10 of the
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, has declared the offence u/s 506 IPC
in the State of UP as non-cognizable and bailable. See : Virendra Singh Vs.
State of UP, 2000 (45) ACC 609(All)(DB).
Note : In view of the Full Bench decision in the case of Mata Sewak Upadhyaya Vs. State of
U.P., 1995 AWC 2031 (All)(Full Bench), the aforesaid Division Bench decision in
Virendra Singh Vs. State of UP, 2000 (45) ACC 609(All)(DB) does not lay down the law
correctly and only the said Full Bench dicision in Mata Sewak Upadhyaya is binding.

16. Person in custody in bailable offence on order of superior court not to be

released on bail by inferior court : A person in custody in bailable offence on
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order of superior court cannot be released on bail by inferior court. But he can be
released on bail only by the superior court under whose order he was detained in
custody. See : Ratilal Bhanji Mithani Vs. Assistant Collector of Customs, AIR 1967
SC 1639.
17. Bail by police officer : whether survives after submission of charge
sheet? : The power of a Police Officer in charge of a Police Station to grant bail
and the bail granted by him comes to an end with the conclusion of the
investigation except in cases where the sufficient evidence is only that of a bailable
offence, in which eventuality he can take security for appearance of the accused
before the Magistrate on a day fixed or from day to day until otherwise directed.
No parity can be claimed with an order passed by Magistrate in view of enabling
provision, contained in clause (b) of S. 209 CrPC under which the Committal
Magistrate has been empowered to grant bail until conclusion of trial, which power
was otherwise restricted to grant of bail by him during pendency of committal
proceedings under clause (a) of S. 209 CrPC. See : Haji Mohd. Wasim Vs. State of
U.P., 1992 CrLJ 1299 (All—L.B.)

18. Seriousness of the offence not to be treated as the only consideration in

refusing bail : Seriousness of the offence should not to be treated as the only
ground for refusal of bail. See: Sanjay Chandra Vs. Central Bureau of
Investigation, AIR 2012 SC 830 (Note: it was 2G Spectrum Scam Case).
19. Expression of opinion on merits of the case not to be done while
considering the bail application: At the stage of considering bail, it would
not be proper for the court to express any opinion on the merits or demerits
of the prosecution case as well as the defence. See: Anwari Begum Vs. Sher
Mohammad, 2005 CrLJ 4132 (SC).
20. Bail u/s 169 CrPC : If the IO moves an application with the prayer not to
further extend the judicial custody of the accused u/s 167 CrPC, the
Magistrate has no other option except to direct the accused to be released
from jail on furnishing his personal bond with or without sureties. Such an
order is a provisional arrangement and comes in the purview of Section 169
CrPC but such order of Magistrate releasing the accused person on execution
of a personal bond with or without sureties cannot be treated as an order
passed u/s 437 CrPC granting bail to the accused. See : Dr. Rajesh Talwar
Vs. CBI, Delhi, 2011 CrLJ 3691 (All).
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21. BW/ NBW and Bail: In the case noted below, the Supreme Court has ruled that
BW or NBW against a person can be issued only under the following conditions :
(1) Non bailable warrant should be issued to bring a person to court when summons or
bailable warrant would be unlikely to have the desired result. NBW can be issued when it
is reasonable to believe that the person will not voluntarily appear in the court, or
(2) The police authorities are unable to find the person serve him with a summons, or
(3) It is considered that the person could harm someone if not placed into custody
immediately.
As for as possible, if the court is of the opinion that a summons will suffice in
getting the appearance of the accused in court, the summons or the bailable warrants
should be preferred. The warrants either bailable or non-bailable should never be
issued without proper scrutiny of facts and complete application of mind, due to the
extremely serious consequences and ramifications which ensue on issuance of
warrants. In complaint cases, at the first instance, the court should direct serving of
summonses. In the second instance, should issue bailable warrant. In the third instance,
when the court is fully satisfied that the accused is avoiding the court’s proceedings
intentionally, the process of issuance of NBW should be resorted to. See : Inder

Mohan Goswami Vs. State of Uttaranchal, AIR 2008 SC 251.

22. NBW when to be issued ? : The Constitution, on the one hand, guarantees
the right to life and liberty to its citizens under Article 21 and on the other
hand imposes a durty and an obligation on the judges while discharging their
judicial function to protect and promote the liberty of the citizens. The
issuance of non-bailable warrant in the first instance without using the other
tools of summons and bailable warrant to secure attendance of such a person
would impair the personal liberty guaranteed to every citizen under the
Constitution. ……There cannot be any straitijacket formula for issuance of
warrants but as a general rule, unless an accused is likely to tamper or
destroy the evidence or is likely to evade the process of law, issuance of non-
bailable warrants should be avoided. The conditions for the issuance of non-
bailable warrant are, firstly, if it is reasonable to believe that the person will
not voluntarily appear in court; or secondly if the police authorities are
unable to find the person to serve him with a summon and thirdly if it is
considered that the person could harm someone if not placed into custody
immediately. In the absence of the aforesaid reasons, the issue of non-
bailable warrant a fortiori to the application under Section 319 CrPC would
extinguish the very purpose of existence of procedural laws which preserve
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and protect the right of an accused in a trial of a case. The court in all
circumstances in complaint cases at the first instance should first prefer
issuing summons or bailable warrant failing which a non-bailable warrant
should be issued. See : Vikas Vs. State of Rajasthan, (2014) 3 SCC 321.
23. Only summons or bailable warrant to be issued in the first instance in
complaint cases : The court in all circumstances in complaint cases at the
first instance should first prefer issuing summons or bailable warrant failing
which a non-bailable warrant should be issued. See : Vikas Vs. State of
Rajasthan, (2014) 3 SCC 321.
24. NBW when to be issued ? : Where in a complaint case, the Magistrate had
outright issued NBW against the accused persons, interpreting the scope of Article
21 of the Constitution in relation to the rights of personal liberty of a person, it has
been held by the Supreme Court that the attendance of the accused could have been
secured by issuing summons or at best by a bailable warrant. Detailed guidelines
have been issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in this regard for observance by
the courts and the Police Officers. A format of Register for entering therein the
details of issue etc of NBWs has also been provided by the Hon'ble Supreme Court
at the end of its judgment. See : Raghuvansh Dewanchand Bhasin Vs State
of Maharashtra & Another, AIR 2011 SC 3393

25. Bail of warrantee : Cases which would be governed by the Sections 436 and 437
CrPC it is not necessary to apply the provisions of Sec. 88 of CrPC for the reason
that Sections 436 and 437 CrPC, are specific provisions and deal with particular
kind of cases, whereas the scope of Sections 88 and 89 CrPC is much wider as
discussed above. The case in which Section 436 CrPC is applicable, an accused
person has to appear before the Court and thereafter only the question of granting
bail would arise. Any one, who is an accused, has been conferred a right to appear
before the Court and if the Court is prepared to give bail, he shall be released on
bail. The same equally applies with respect to Sec. 437 CrPC also. Therefore,
where a summon or warrant is issued by a Court in respect of an accused, the
procedure u/s 436 and 437 CrPC has to be followed and summons or warrant,
which have been issued by the Court, have to be executed and honoured. The
necessary corollary would be that Sections 88 and 89 CrPC as such, would not be
attracted in such cases. However we make it further clear that considering the
language of aforesaid provisions, whether the bail bond is required to be executed
u/s 88 CrPC or the Court gives bail u/s 436 and 437 CrPC, the appearance of the
person before the Court is must and can not be dispensed with at all. See : The
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Division Bench Decision dated 23.3.2006 rendered in Criminal Misc. Application

No. 8810 of 1989, Babu Lal Vs. Smt. Momina Begum & Criminal Misc.
Application No. 8811 of 1989, Parasnath Dubey Vs. State of U.P., circulated by the
Allahabad High Court amongst the judicial officers of the State of U.P. vide C.L.
No. 33 / 2006, dated 7.8.2006.
26. Penalty awardable against accused on breach of bail or bond to appear
in court (Sec. 229-A IPC) : The newly added sections 174-A IPC & 229-A
IPC since 2006 provide penalty to an accused in case of non-appearance in
response to a proclamation u/s 82 CrPC and breach of bail or bond to appear
in court. Sec. 229-A IPC reads as under :
“Sec. 229-A IPC : Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in
Court : Whoever, having been charged with an offence and released on bail or bond
without sureties, fails without sufficient cause (the burden of proving which shall lie upon
him), to appear in Court in accordance with the terms of the bail or bond, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one
year, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation : The punishment under this section is :
(a) in addition to the punishment to which the offender would be liable on a
conviction for the offence with which he has been charged; and
(b) without prejudice to the power of the Court to order for feature of the bond.”

27. Bail u/s 437(6) CrPC : Where the accused was facing trial before the
Magistrate for the offences u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and the case was
absolutely triable by Court of Magistrate and the accused was in jail since
18.05.2012 and charge was framed on 18.09.2012 but after elapse of 60 days
since the trail had commenced but yet not concluded, the accused was
granted bail (on second application) u/s 437(6) CrPC. See : Surendra Singh
Vs. State of UP, 2013 (82) ACC 867 (All).
28. Relevant considerations for grant or refusal of bail in non-bailable
offences : Interpreting the provisions of bail contained u/s 437 & 439 CrPC, the
Supreme Court has laid down following considerations for grant or refusal of bail
to an accused in a non-bailable offence :
(1) Prima facie satisfaction of the court in support of the accusations
(2) Nature of accusation
(3) Evidence in support of accusations
(4) Gravity of the offence
(5) Punishment provided for the offence
(6) Danger of the accused absconding or fleeing if released on bail
(7) Character/criminal history of the accused
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(8) Behavior of the accused

(9) Means, position and standing of the accused in the Society
(10) Likelihood of the offence being repeated
(11) Reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being tampered with
(12) Danger, of course, of justice being thwarted by grant of bail
(13) Balance between the rights of the accused and the larger interest of the
Society/State
(14) Any other factor relevant and peculiar to the accused.
(15) While a vague allegation that the accused may tamper with the evidence or
witnesses may not be a ground to refuse bail, but if the accused is of such character
that his mere presence at large would intimidate the witnesses or if there is material
to show that he will use his liberty to subvert justice or tamper with the evidence,
then bail will be refused. See :
(1a.). Mayakala Dharamaraja Vs. State of Telangana, (2020) 2 SCC 743
(1) Lachhman Dass Vs. Resham Chand Kaler, AIR 2018 SC 599
(2) Virupakshappa Gouda Vs. State of Karnataka, AIR 2017 SC 1685(para 16)
(3) State of Bihar Vs. Rajballav Prasad, (2017) 2 SCC 178
(4) Sanghian Pandian Rajkumar Vs. CBI, 2014 (86) ACC 671 (SC) (Three-Judge Bench)
(5) Nimmagadda Prasad Vs. CBI, (2013) 7 SCC 466 (para 24)
(6) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, AIR 2013 SC 1933
(7) Ash Mohammad Vs. Shiv Raj Singh, (2012) 9 SCC 446
(8) Dipak Shubhashchandra Mehta Vs. CBI, AIR 2012 SC 949
(9) Prakash Kadam Vs. Ramprasad Vishwanath Gupta, (2011) 6 SCC 189
(10) Gokul Bhagaji Patil Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2007) 2 SCC 475
(11) Anil Kumar Tulsiyani Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (55) ACC 1014 (SC)
(12) State of U.P. through CBI Vs. Amarmani Tripathi,(2005) 8 SCC 21
(13) Surinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab, (2005) 7 SCC 387
(14) Panchanan Misra Vs. Digambar Misra, 2005 (1) SCJ 578
(15) Chamanlal Vs. State of U.P., 2004(50) ACC 213 (SC)
(16) State of Gujarat Vs. Salimbhai Abdul Gaffar, (2003) 8 SCC 50
(17) Mansab Ali Vs. Irsan, (2003) 1 SCC 632.

29. Heeinous offences: What are?: Only those offences which prescribe minimum
sentence of seven years or more can be regarded as heinous offences. Offences not
providing minimum sentence of seven years cannot be treated as heinous offences.
See: Shilpa Mittal Vs. State NCT of Delhi, (2020) 2 SCC 787

30.Conditions for grant of bail u/s 437 CrPCare also relevant for grant of bail
u/s 439 CrPC: Relying upon an earlier Three-Judge Bench decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of Kalyan Chandra Sarkar Vs. Rajesh Ranjan @
Pappu Yadav, (2004) 7 SCC 528, it has again been held by the Supreme
Court that the conditions/considerations laid down in Sec. 437(1)(i) CrPCare
also relevant for grant of bail even u/s 439 CrPC. See: Dinesh M.N. (S.P.)
Vs. State of Gujarat, 2008 Cr.L.J. 3008 (SC)
31. Bail order to be speaking : Discretionary jurisdiction of courts u/s 437 & 439
CrPCshould be exercised carefully and cautiously by balancing the rights of the accused
and interests of the society. Court must indicate brief reasons for granting or refusing bail.
Bail order passed by the court must be reasoned one but detailed reasons touching merits
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of the case, detailed examination of evidence and elaborate documentation of merits of

case should not be done. See :
1. Kumari Suman Pandey Vs. State of U.P., (2008) 1 SCC (Criminal) 394
2. Afzal Khan Vs. State of Gujarat, AIR 2007 SC 2111
3. Kalyan Chandra Sarkar Vs. Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, 2005 (51) ACC 727 (SC).
4. Ajay Kumar Sharma Vs. State of U.P., (2005) 7 SCC 507 (Three Judge Bench)
5. State of Maharashtra Vs. Sitaram Popat Vetal, (2004) 7 SCC 521.
6. Chamanlal Vs. State of U.P., 2004(50) ACC 213 (SC)
7. Mansab Ali Vs. Irsan and another, (2003) 1 SCC 632.
8. Mansab Ali Vs. Irsan, (2003) 1 SCC 632
9. Puran Vs. Ram Bilas, (2001) 6 SCC 338.

32. Discussions of evidence/merits of the case in bail order : While disposing of

bail applications u/s 437/439 Cr.P.C., courts should assign reasons while allowing or
refusing an application for bail. But detailed reasons touching the merit of the matter
should not be given which may prejudice the accused. What is necessary is that the order
should not suffer from non-application of mind. At this stage a detailed examination of
evidence and elaborate documentation of the merit of the case is not required to be
undertaken. Though the court can make some reference to materials but it cannot make a
detailed and in-depth analysis of the materials and record findings on their acceptability or
otherwise which is essentially a matter of trial. Court is not required to undertake
meticulous examination of evidence while granting or refusing bail u/s 439 of the CrPC.
See :

1(a). CBI Vs. V. Vijay Sai Reddy, (2013) 7 SCC 452

1(b). Kanwar Singh Meena Vs. State of Rajasthan, AIR 2013 SC 296.
1. Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma Vs. State of Maharashtra, 2005 Cr.L.J.
2533 (SC—Three Judge Bench)
2. Afzalkhan Vs. State of Gujarat, AIR 2007 SC 2111
3. Nira Radia Vs. Dheeraj Singh, (2006) 9 SCC 760
4. Ajay Kumar Sharma Vs. State of U.P., (2005) 7 SCC 507 (Three Judge Bench)
5. Chamanlal Vs. State of U.P., 2004 (50) ACC 213 (SC)

33. Discussions of evidence/merits of the case in bail order not to be done :

Reasons must be recorded while granting the bail but without discussion of merits
and demerits of evidence. Discussing evidence is totally different from giving
reasons for a decision. Where order granting bail was passed by ignoring material
evidence on record and without giving reasons, it would be perverse and contrary
to the principles of law. Such an order would itself provide a ground for moving
an application for cancellation of bail. This ground for cancellation is different
from the ground that the acused misconducted himself or some new facts call for
cancellation. While disposing of bail applications u/s 437/439 CrPC, courts should
assign reasons while allowing or refusing an application for bail. But detailed
reasons touching the merit of the matter should not be given which may prejudice
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the accused. What is necessary is that the order should not suffer from non-
application of mind. At this stage a detailed examination of evidence and elaborate
documentation of the merit of the case is not required to be undertaken. Though the
court can make some reference to materials but it cannot make a detailed and in-
depth analysis of the materials and record findings on their acceptability or
otherwise which is essentially a matter of trial. Court is not required to undertake
meticulous examination of evidence while granting or refusing bail u/s 439 of the
CrPC. See :
1. National Investigation Agency Vs. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, AIR 2019 SC 1734.
2. State of Orissa Vs. Mahimananda Mishra, AIR 2019 SC 302.
3. Anil Kumar Yadav Vs. State NCT of Delhi, (2018) 12 SCC 129.
4. State of Bihar Vs. Rajballav Prasad, (2017) 2 SCC 178
5. CBI Vs. V. Vijay Sai Reddy, (2013) 7 SCC 452
6. Kanwar Singh Meena Vs. State of Rajasthan, AIR 2013 SC 296.
7. Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma Vs. State of Maharashtra, 2005 CrLJ 2533
(SC)(Three -Judge Bench)
8. Afzalkhan Vs. State of Gujarat, AIR 2007 SC 2111
9. Nira Radia Vs. Dheeraj Singh, (2006) 9 SCC 760
10. Ajay Kumar Sharma Vs. State of U.P., (2005) 7 SCC 507 (Three Judge Bench)
11. Chamanlal Vs. State of U.P., 2004 (50) ACC 213 (SC)

34. Bail in altered sections : Where the accused was earlier granted bail for the offences
u/s 324, 352, 506 IPC but during investigation the offences were altered by the I.O. to Sec.
304 IPC and during trial the charge against the accused was framed for the offence u/s 302
IPC and the Allahabad High Court allowed the accused to continue on bail on his previous
bail bonds furnished for the offences u/s 324, 352, 506 IPC, the Supreme Court has held
that the High Court illegally ordered the accused to continue to be on bail for the altered
offences u/s 304 or 302 IPC on his previous bail bonds as the accused ought to have
applied for fresh bail for the offences under the altered penal sections. See---
a. Hamida Vs. Rashid, 2007 CrLJ 3422 (SC)
b. Bijendra Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (55) ACC 391 (All)
c. Suresh Vs. State of U.P., 2006 ALJ 52 (All)
d. Asha Ram Vs. State of U.P., 2005 (51) ACC 371 (All)
e. Rama Pati Yadav Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (1) JIC 819 (All)

35. Defence plea at the time of disposal of Bail Application : Defence plea (like
alibi etc.) taken by accused cannot be considered by the court at the time of hearing of the
bail application. Plea of defence can be tested by the court at the stage of trial of the case
and not at the stage of disposal of bail application. See : Naresh Rav Vs. State of

U.P., 2005 (53) ACC 148 (All).

36. Affidavits of P.Ws. & Bail : In considering bail applications, the Courts should not
consider affidavits of prosecution witnesses filed denying the prosecution case. See---
Jaswant Vs. State of U.P., 1994 ACC 424 (All).
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37. Hearing of prosecutor & accused on Bail Application : Last proviso added to
Sec. 437(1) CrPCw.e.f. 2006 amendments reads as under---
“Provided also that no person shall, if the offence alleged to have been committed
by him is punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for seven years
or more be released on bail by the Court under this sub-section without giving an
opportunity of hearing to the Public Prosecutor.”
In a case u/s 302, 201 IPC, where the Sessions Judge had granted interim/short
term bail without hearing the Public Prosecutor, the Allahabad High Court observed as
under---
“Hearing of both the parties at the stage of bail is almost an essentiality. By
granting an easy bail, or for that matter, interim bail, indirectly, the State is condemned.
Therefore, State has a right to be heard in all cases, like bail, unless in some exceptional
cases in which the court considers it proper to exempt itself from this obligation. In the
instant case, the learned Sessions Judge has not mentioned any reason or exceptional
circumstance which compelled him to pass the order for short term bail without hearing
the counsel for the State. There is not even a faint suggestion as to what were the
compelling circumstances which necessitated the grant of short term bail then and there.”
See : Sudhindra Kumar Singh Vs. Distt. & Sessions Judge, Allahabad &

Ors., 1998 (1) Crimes 270 (All).

38. Right of third person to hearing & oppose bail : Any member of public acting
bona fide without any extraneous motivations can help in dispensation of justice. He can
approach court against any sufferance by a set of facts where alleged crime is an offence
against society. See: Atique Ahmed Vs. State of UP, 2012 (76) ACC 698

(All).
39. Criminal History of Accused & Bail : While granting bail to an accused, the court
should also take into consideration the criminal history of the accused. Criminal
antecedents of an accused though always not determinative of question whether bail is to
be granted or not, yet their relevance cannot be totally ignored. See:
1. Ash Mohammad Vs. Shiv Raj Singh, (2012) 9 SCC 446
2. Brij Nandan Jaiswal Vs. Munna Jaiswal, AIR 2009 SC 1021
3. Surendra Singh Vs. State of U.P., 2008 Cr.L.J. (NOC) 924 (All)
4. Anil Kumar Tulsiyani Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (55) ACC 1014 (SC)
5. Sompal Singh Vs. Sunil Rathi, 2005 (1) SCJ 107
6. State of U.P. Vs. Amarmani Tripathi, (2005) 8 SCC 21
7. State of Maharashtra Vs. Sitaram Popat Vetal, AIR 2004 SC 4258

40. Criminal history not a ground for refusal of bail : Where the accused was
allegedly involved in the commission of murder punishable u/s 302 IPC, it has been held
by the Lucknow Bench of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court that if the accused is
otherwise entitled to bail, the same should not be refused on the ground of his criminal
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antecedents. See: Pawan Kumar Pandey Vs. State of UP, 2007 (1) JIC 680 (All---by
Hon'ble K.S. Rakhra J.)
Note : In the above case, the accused was involved in 56 criminal cases.

41. Bail granted by High Court without considering criminal history

cancelled by Supreme Court : Where the accused, a history-sheeter with 30 serious
criminal cases pending against him, was granted bail by the Hon'ble Allahabad High
Court for the offences u/s 365 & 506 of the IPC without considering the criminal
antecedents of the accused, the Supreme Court cancelled the bail and observed that though
the High Court and the Court of Sessions have got power to grant bail to an accused u/s
439 of the CrPC but the concept of personal liberty of a person is not in realm of
absolutism but is restricted one. The fact that the accused was lodged in jail for the last 07
months melts into insignificance. No element in Society can act in a manner by
consequence of which life or liberty of others is jeopardized. See: Ash Mohammad Vs.
Shiv Raj Singh, (2012) 9 SCC 446.
42. Second or successive bail applications : Second or successive bail applications
can be moved only on two grounds noted below---
(i) On change of facts or circumstances (ii) Change in law
Where the issues and grounds taken in the second or successive bail applications were
already agitated and rejected by the court, the same cannot be ordinarily allowed to be re-
agitated. Findings of higher courts or coordinate bench rejecting the earlier bail
application must receive serious consideration at the hands of court entertaining a
subsequent bail application as the same can be done only in case of change in factual
position or in law. If the subsequent bail application is moved on the same grounds as in
the previous bail application, the subsequent bail application would be deemed to be
seeking review of earlier order which is not permissible under criminal law. See:
1. Suheb Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (6) ALJ (NOC) 1362 (All)
2. Kalyan Chandra Sarkar Vs. Rajesh Ranjan @ Pappu Yadav, 2005 (51)
ACC 727 (SC) (Three-Judge Bench)
3. State of T.N. Vs. S.A. Raja, 2005 (53) ACC 940 (SC)
4. State of M.P. Vs. Kajad, 2002 (1) JIC 563 (SC)

43. ASJ dismissed for allowing second bail application : Where an Addl. Sessions
Judge of district Etah had had granted bail to the accused persons in two different cases
involving offences u/s 302 & 307 of the IPC by entertaining second and third bail
applications despite the fact that in one of the two cases, the bail application of the accused
persons was already rejected by the High Court and in the other one by the Sessions Judge
Etah, an enquiry was ordered by the Hon'ble High Court against the ASJ and on being found
guilty for having entertained and granted the successive bail applications for extraneous
reasons, the ASJ was dismissed from service by the Full Court of the Hon'ble Allahabad
High Court. The Writ Petition was filed by the ASJ challenging his dismissal from service
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was also dismissed by a Division Bench of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court. See : Ram
Chandra Shukla Vs. State of UP & Others, (2001) 3 UPLBEC 2351 (All…DB).
44. Circular Letter on second bail application: A Sessions Judge has no doubt concurrent
jurisdiction in the matter of bail u/s 439 CrPC and is competent to entertain the bail
application of accused on fresh grounds even after the rejection of his bail application by the
High Court but the power has to be exercised by the Sessions Judge in exceptional
circumstances. Normally, the Sessions Judges should keep their hands off in bail
applications, which stand rejected by the High Court.See: C.L. No. 2934/1988 dated

01.04.1988 :
45.1. Bail u/s 167(2) CrPC : when can be granted : Where charge sheet is not filed
within a period of 60 or 90 days and the accused moves application for being released on
bail u/s 167(2), Proviso (a) of the CrPC and offers to furnish bail, he can be said to have
availed of indefeasible right for being released on bail. If the application of the accused
moved u/s 167(2) CrPCis erroneously rejected by the Magistrate and the accused then
approaches higher forum for bail and the charge sheet is filed in the meantime, it does not
extinguish the accrued right of the accused to be released on bail u/s 167(2) CrPC. See :
1. Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2001 SC 1910
2. Dinesh Kumar Jain Vs. State of U.P., 2001 CrLJ 2847 (All)

45.2.Submitting charge-sheet without sanction order: Where charge-sheet was filed in

the court within 90 days without sanction order of the competent authority for
prosecution of the accused and the accused had moved application for bail under
section 167(2) CrPC on the ground of absence of sanction order along with the
charge-sheet, the Supreme Court held that since the charge-sheet was filed in the
court within 90 days, accused was not entitled to bail. What is necessary under
section 167(2) CrPC is filing of the charge-sheet in the court within 60 or 90 days
and not the sanction order which could be filed before the court even after filing of
the charge-sheet. See: Judgment dated 13.2.2013 of the Supreme Court in
Suresh Kumar Bhikamchand Jain Vs. State of Maharastra (Three-Judge
Bench)

45.3. Merits not to be considered while granting bail u/s 167(2) CrPC : It is well
settled that when an application for default bail is filed u/s 167 (2) CrPC, the merits of the
matter are not to be gone into. See:
(i) Pragyna Singh Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 10 SCC 445
(ii) Union of India Vs. Thamisharasi, (1995) 4 SCC 190

45.4. When charge sheet already filed, the application moved by accused u/s
167(2) CrPC can be decided only on merits : Where charge sheet has not
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been filed within the stipulated period and the accused moves an application before
concerned Magistrate for being released from jail and offers to furnish bail bonds
then in such a case, even if the concerned Magistrate fails to pass any order on the
bail application of the accused and keeps the same pending and in the meantime
charge sheet is submitted the indefeasible right which has apprued to the accused
under proviso to section 167 (2) CRPC shall not be extinguished. If however, an
accused fails to enforce his right under proviso to Section 167 (2) CrPC and a
charge sheet is submitted after the stipulated period in that case the indefeasible
right accruing to an accused shall stand extinguished and his bail application shall
be considered on merits only in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
code. See: Chandra Pal Vs. State of U.P., 2011 CrLJ 1124 (All)
45.5. Conditional bail u/s 167 (2) CrPC when permissible?: Condition to co-operate
with the investigating agency and report to the police station can be imposed by the
court while granting statutory bail u/s 167 (2) CrPC. But the condition to deposit
certain amont before bail u/s 167 (2) CrPC cannot be imposed. See: Sarvanan Vs.
State, (2020) 9 SCC 101 (Three- Judge Bench).

45.6. 60 days relevant for default bail u/s 167(2)(a)(i) CrPC if minimum
sentence is less than 10 years but maximum sentence is not death or life
imprisonment : In all cases where minimum sentence is less thatn 10 years
but maximum sentence is not death or life imprisonment, then Section
167(2)(a)(i) CrPC will apply and the accused will be entitled to grant of
'default bail' after 60 days in case charge-sheet is not filed. See : (i) Rakesh
Kumar Paul Vs. State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-Judge
Bench) and (ii) Rajeev Chaudhary Vs. State NCT of Delhi, AIR 2001 SC
2369.

45.7.Section 167(2)(a)(i) CrPC when attracted ? : Section 167(2)(a)(i) CrPC is

applicable only in cases where accused is charged with :
(i) offences punishable with death and any lower sentence
(ii) offences punishable with life imprisonment and any lower sentence.
(iii) offences punishable with minimum sentence less than ten years. See :
Rakesh Kumar Paul Vs. State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-Judge
Bench).
45.8. Section 167(2)(a)(ii) CrPC when attracted ? : In all cases where minimum
sentence is less than 10 years but maximum sentence is not death or life
imprisonment, then Section 167(2)(a)(ii) CrPC will apply and accused will be
entitled to grant of default bail after 60 days in case charge-sheet is not filed.
See : Rakesh Kumar Paul Vs. State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-
Judge Bench).
45.9. If minimum sentence is less than 10 years, accused is entitled to bail u/s
Section 167(2)(i), Proviso (a) if charge-sheet is not filed within 60 days :
Section 167(2)(i), Proviso (a) CrPC relates to an offence punishable with a
minimum of 10 years imprisonments. Where the accused was charged for
offence u/s 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 punishable with
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imprisonment which may extend to 10 years i.e. minimum sentence is less

than 10 years, non submission of charge-sheet within statutory period of 60
days will entitle the accused to be released on default bail. See : Rakesh
Kumar Paul Vs. State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-Judge
Bench).
45.10. Imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years in Sec. 167(2)(a)(i) &
its meaning : In the matter of a criminal case involving offence u/s 386 of the IPC, the
Supreme Court has clarified the meaning of the expression “Imprisonment for a term of
not less than ten years in Sec. 167(2)(a)(i)” as under :
Sec. 386 IPC reads as under : “Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or
grievous hurt : Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or of
grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.”
The Supreme Court has clarified that it is apparent that pending investigation
relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term “not less than 10 years”,
the Magistrate is empowered to authorize the detention of the accused in custody for not
more than 90 days. For rest of the offences, period prescribed is 60 days. Hence in case,
where offence is punishable with imprisonment for 10 years or more, accused could be
detained up to a period of 90 days. In this context, the expression “not less than” would
mean imprisonment should be 10 years or more and would cover only those offences for
which punishment could be imprisonment for a clear period of 10 years or more. U/.s 386
punishment provided is imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
10 years and also fine. That means, imprisonment can be for a clear period of 10 years or
less. Hence, it could not be said that minimum sentence would be 10 years or more.
Further, in context also if we consider Clause (i) or Proviso (1) to Section 167(2) it would
be applicable in case where investigation relates to an offence punishable (1) with death;
(2) imprisonment for life; and (3) imprisonment for a term of not lsess than ten years. It
would not cover the offence for which punishment could be imprisonment for less than 10
years. U/s 386 of the IPC imprisonment can vary from minimum to maximum of 10 years
and it cannot be said that imprisonment prescribed is not less than 10 years. See : Rajeev
Chaudhary Vs. State (NCT) of Delhi, AIR 2001 SC 2369
45.11. Sec. 306 IPC & application of 60 or 90 days : Where in a criminal case the
investigation related to the offences u/s 306 and 498-A IPC it has been held that an
offence u/s 306 IPC may extend to ten years and it cannot be said that the offence u/s 306
IPC is not punishable for a term of not less than ten years. Sec. 498-A does not pose any
problem, the period of detention which is permissible in the present case where the
applicant is charged for the offences u/s 498-A and 306 IPC is set aside. See : Sohan Lal
Vs. State of U.P., 1991 A.Cr.R. 383 (All).
45.12. "Day"….When commences and when ends ? : The day of birth of a person
must be counted as a whole day and any specified age in law is to be
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computed as having been attained on the day preceding the anniversary of the
birth day. Legal day commences at 12 O’ Clock midnight and continues until
the same hour the following night. See: Erati Laxman vs. State of A.P.,
(2009) 2 SCC (Criminal) 15
45.13. First day to be excluded in computing period of time for legal purposes :
The Section 9 of General Clause Act says that in any Central Act or
Regulation made after the commencement of the General Clauses Act, 1897,
it shall be sufficient for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days
or any other period of time, to use the word 'from', and, for the purpose of
including the last in a series of days or any period of time, to use the word
'to'. The principle is that when a period is delimited by statute or rule, which
has both a beginning and an end and the word 'from' is used indicating the
beginning, the opening day is to be excluded and if the last day is to be
excluded the word 'to' is to be used. In order to exclude the first day of the
period, the crucial thing to be noted is whether the period of limitation
delimited by a series of days or by any fixed period. This is intended to
obviate the difficulties or inconvenience that may be caused to some parties.
See :
(i) Tarun Prasad Chatterjee Vs. Dinanath Sharma, AIR 2001 SC 36 (Three-Judge
Bench).
(ii) Manmohan Anand Vs. State of UP, (2008) 3 ADJ 106 (All).

45.14. Fraction of a day or a Legal Day when complete? : The day of birth of a
person must be counted as a whole day and any specified age in law is to be
computed as having been attained on the day preceding the anniversary of the
birth day. Legal day commences at 12 O’ Clock midnight and continues until
the same hour the following night. See: Erati Laxman vs. State of A.P.,
(2009) 2 SCC (Criminal) 15
45.15.60 / 90 days u/s 167(2) begin from the date of order of first remand and
not from the date of arrest : Period of 60 / 90 days u/s 167(2), proviso (a)
CrPCbegins to run from the date of order of remand and not from the date of arrest. See :
(i) Pragyna Singh Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 10 SCC 445
(ii) Chaganti Satyanarayana Vs. State of A.P., AIR 1986 SC 2130
45.16.In computing 60 / 90 days u/s 167 (2) CrPC, the day on which the
accused was remanded to judicial custody should be excluded and the
day on which challan is filed in the court should be included : In the case
noted below, the accused had surrendered before the Cheif Judicial
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Magistrate, Kaimur on 05.07.2013 in connection with the FIR relating to

offences punishable u/s 302, 120-B of the IPC and u/s 27 of the Arms Act,
1959 and was remanded to judicial custody till 19.07.2013. His remand was
extended u/s 167 CrPC from time to time and the last remand was granted till
03.10.2013 i.e. the 90th day from the date of first remand and the charge-
sheet was filed in the court on 03.10.2013 itself. The question arose whether
on 90th day i.e. on 03.10.2013, the accused was entitled to be released on
bail u/s 167(2) CrPC ? In the backdrop of the said facts of the case, the
Hon'ble Supreme Court ruled thus : "In the State of MP Vs. Rustam and
Others, this Court has laid down the law that while computing period of
ninety days, the day on which the accused was remanded to the judicial
custody should be excluded, and the day on which challan is filed in the
court, should be included. That being so, in our opinion, in the present case,
date 05.07.2013 is to be excluded and, as such, the charge-sheet was filed on
ninetieth day, i.e. 03.10.2013. Therefore, there is no infringement on Section
167(2) of the CrPC. For the reasons, as discussed above, in our opinion, the
High Court has not erred in law in dismissing the petition under Section 482
of the CrPC, and upholding the refusal of bail to appellant prayed by him
under Section 167(2) of the Code. See : Ravi Prakash Singh Vs. State of
Bihar, AIR 2015 SC 1294 (paras 12 & 13).
45.17.In computing 60 / 90 days u/s 167 (2) CrPC, the day on which the
accused was remanded to judicial custody should be excluded and the
day on which challan is filed in the court should be included : In the case
of Rustam, the Supreme Court has clarified the manner of computing the period of 60 or
90 days u/s 167(2) proviso. The facts of the case were thus : “Accused was detained in
jail for the offence u/s 302 IPC, he was remanded to judicial custody on 3.9.1993, charge
sheet was submitted in the court on 2.12.1993. For purposes of computing the period of 90
days u/s 167(2) CrPCthe Supreme Court held “period of 90 days would instantly
commence either from 4.9.1993 (excluding from it 3.9.1993) or 3.12.1993 (including in it
2.12.1993). Clear 90 days have to expire before the right begins. Plainly put, one of the
days on either side has to be excluded in computing the prescribed period of 90 days.
Sections 9 and 10 of the General Clauses Act warrant such an interpretation in computing
the prescribed period of 90 days. The period of limitation thus computed on reckoning 27
days of September, 31 days of October and 30 days of November would leave two clear
days in December to compute 90 days and on which date the challan was filed, when the
day running was the 90th day. The High Court was, thus, obviously in error in assuming
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that on 2.12.1993 when the challan was filed, period of 90 days had expired. See : State of
MP Vs. Rustam, 1995 Suppl (3) SCC 221.
45.18.In computating 60/90 days u/s 167(2) CrPC, one day can be excluded on
either side : Relying upon the Supreme Court decision in State of M.P. Vs. Rustam,
1995 SCC (Cri) 830, it has been held by the Allahabad High Court that in counting 60 or
90 days u/s 167(2) CrPC, one day can be excluded on either side. See : Tinnu Vs.

State of UP, 1999 AOR 201 (All), AOR = Allahabad Offence Reporter
45.19.Computation of 90 days u/s 167(2) CrPC : Where the first remand of the
accused was granted on 20-10-2010 and no charge sheet was filed by IO till 17-01-2011
and the charge sheet was filed on 18-01-2011 and the accused sought bail u/s 167(2) CrPC
on 17-01-2011 on the ground that 90 days had completed on 17-01-2011, it has been held
that the first date of remand i.e. 20-10-2010 is liable to be excluded for purpose of
calculation of 90 days. According to Sec. 9 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, it shall be
sufficient for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days or any other period of
time to use the word “from” and for the purpose of including the last in a series of days or
any other period of time to use the word “or”. In view of the aforesaid provision, the
period of 90 days commenced from the next date of remand i.e. 21-10-2010 and not from
the date of remand i.e. 20-10-2010 and a such the period of 90 days from 21-20-2010
completed on 18-01-2011 and till 18-01-2011 the accused was not entitled to claim the
benefit of the provisions u/s 167(2) CrPC. See: Irfan Ahamad v/s State of U.P.,

2011(2) ALJ 527 (All...LB)

45.20. Computation of 60/90 days u/s 167(2) when accused released on interim
bail on date of surrender : Day on which accused surrendered was released
on interim bail. That date of surrender shall not be deemed to be the date of
remand to judicial custody. Unless the accused is remanded either to judicial
or to police custody by court, it will not be the date of remand within the
meaning of Section 167(2) CrPC an accused on bail cannot be deemed to be
in custody. An accused released on interim bail or regular bail by court
cannot be deemed to be in custody when a person is not in actual physical
control of the court, he cannot be remanded either to judicial custody or to
police custody if not in actual physical control of the court. Transfer of
custody from judicial custody to police custody falls within the domain of the
Court concerned. It would not be necessary that the accused should be
brought first before Magistrate or Court. In the case noted below police
custody remand of the accused was granted from 9 a.m. of 17.02.2013 to 9
a.m. of 18.02.2013, bail application of the accused was rejected on
02.02.2013, application for police custody remand was moved on
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05.02.2013, after several adjournments, remand application was fixed for

disposal on 16.02.2013 and was allowed on 16.02.2013 itself and the police
custody remand of the accused was granted from 9 a.m. of 17.02.2013 to 9
a.m. of 18.02.2013, it has been held by the Lucknow Bench of the Hon'ble
Allahabad High Court that the said order remanding the accused to police
custody from 9 a.m. of 17.02.2013 to mid night i.e. till 12 a.m. would be
valid but police custody remand from zero hours to 9 a.m. on 18.02.2013
would be illegal and the aforesaid impugned order dated 16.02.2013 passed
by the Magistrate granting police custody remand of the accused was partly
set aside. See : Chandra Dev Ram Yadav & Another Vs. State of UP &
Another, 2013 (83) ACC 350 (All).
45.21. Bail u/s 167(2) CrPC after filing of charge sheet : The Supreme Court has held
that the statutory rights of accused to bail u/s 167(2) CrPC should not be defeated by
keeping the application for bail pending till the charge-sheet is submitted. The Magistrate
has to dispose of such application forthwith. Once charge sheet is filed and cognizance of
the offence is taken, the court cannot exercise its power u/s 167(2) CrPC See :
1. Mithabhai Pashabhai Patel Vs. State of Gujarat, 2009 (4) Supreme 368
2. Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453
(Three-Judge Bench).
3. Mohamed Iqbal Madar Sheikh Vs. State of Maharashtra, 1996 (1) Crimes
4 (SC—Three-Judge Bench).

45.22. Application by accused claiming accrued right of bail u/s 167(2) CrPC
not to be defeated after submission of charge sheet : The court should not
keep an application filed under Section 167(2) CrPC pending after expiry of
the statutory period to enable the investigating agency to file the charge-seet
to defeat the indefeasible right of an accused. If a case is adjourned by the
court granting time to the prosecution not adverting to the application filed
on behalf of the accused, it would be a violation of the legislative mandate.
When the charge-sheet is not filed and the right under Section 167(2) CrPC
has ripened earning the status of indefeasibility, it cannot be frustrated by the
prosecution on some pretext or the other. The accused can avail his liberty
only by filing application stating that the statutory period for filing of the
charge-sheet has expired, the charge-sheet has not yet been filed and an
indefeasible right has accrued in his favour and further he is prepared to
furnish the bail bond. Once such a bail application is filed, it is obligatory
on the part of the cort to verify from the records as well as from the Public
Prosecutor whether the time has expired and the charge-sheet has been filed
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or not or whether an application for extension which is statutory permissible,

has been filed. See : Union of India Vs. Nirala Yadav, (2014) 9 SCC 457.

45.23.No bail u/s 167 (2)(a)(ii) CrPC when bail application and charge-sheet
are filed the same day : Where the accused was detained in jail for offences
under Section 363, 366, 504 IPC & no chage-sheet was filed within 60 days
and the accused had filed his application for bail under section 167(2)(a)(ii)
CrPC on 09.05.2011 and the charge-sheet was also filed in the court on the
same day, it has been held by the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court that the right
of the accused to be released on bail u/s 167 (2)(a)(ii) CrPC came to an end
as soon as the challan was filed. See : Sukhai and Another Vs. State of UP
and Another, 2011 (75) ACC 134 (All)(L.B.).
45.24.Oral request of accused for default bail u/s 167(2) maintainable : In the
matters of personal liberty, it is not advisable to be formilistic or technical. If
the accused has not made a written application u/s 167(2) CrPC but instead
arguied orally without pleadings in regular bail, he is entitle to grant of
default bail u/s 167(2), Proviso (a) CrPC. See : Rakesh Kumar Paul Vs.
State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-Judge Bench).
45.25. No bail u/s 167 (2)(a)(ii) CrPC when bail application and charge-sheet
are filed the same day : When charge-sheet and the bail application are filed
on the same day and the charge-sheet was filed within 90 days from the date
of remand and cognizance on charge-sheet had been taken, right of accused
to be released on bail u/s 167(2) CrPC stood extinguished. See : Pravin
Kasana Vs. State of UP, 2013 CrLJ (NOC) 427 (All).

45.26.Cancellation of bail granted u/s 167(2) CrPC : Grant of bail to an accused u/s
167(2) CrPCis different from bail granted o merits us. 437 or 439 CrPCCancellation of
bail u/s 437(5) or 439(2) CrPCis different from refusal to grant bail. Cancellation involves
review on merits of the decision granting bail. Therefore, unless there are strong grounds
for cancellation of bail once granted u/s 167(2) CrPC, the same cannot be cancelled on
mere production of charge-sheet. The ratio of Rajnikant Jivanlal Patel Vs. Intelligence
Officer, NCB, New Delhi, (1989) 3 SCC 532 to the extent it was inconsistent with the law
laid down in Aslam Babalal Desai Case have been held not to state the correct law and has
been overruled. See :
1. Dr. Bipin Shantilal Panchal Vs. State of Gujarat, (1996) 1 SCC 718 (Three Judge
Bench)
2. Aslam Babalal Desai Vs. State of Maharashtra, (1992) 4 SCC 272 (Three Judge
Bench)
3. Ram Murti Vs. State of U.P., 1976 CrLJ 211 (All)
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45.27.Bail granted u/s 167(2) CrPCnot to be cancelled after submission of

charge sheet : Bail granted u/s 167(2) CrPC is to be deemed to have been granted
under chapter XXXIII of the CrPC, i.e. u/s 437 or 439 CrPC and the same will remain
valid till it is cancelled u/s 437(5) or 439(2) CrPC. The receipt of charge sheet in court
after grant of bail u/s 167(2) CrPC can by itself be no ground for cancellation of bail. Bail
once granted u/s 167(2) CrPC cannot be cancelled merely for subsequent filing of charge
sheet and the same can be cancelled only u/s 437(5) & 439(2) CrPC for the reasons like
abuse etc. of the bail. See :
1. Dr. Bipin Shantilal Panchal Vs. State of Gujarat, (1996) 1 SCC 718 (Three-
Judge Bench)
2. Aslam Babalal Desai Vs. State of Maharashtra, (1992) 4 SCC 272 (Three-
Judge Bench)
3. Ram Pal Singh Vs. State of U.P., 1976 CrLJ 288 (All)
45.28. Application must for bail u/s 167(2) CrPC: An accused must file application
for bail u/s 167(2), Proviso (a) CrPCfor being released on bail. See :
1. Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453
(Three Judge Bench)
2. Dr. Bipin Shantilal Panchal Vs. State of Gujarat, (1996) 1 SCC 718 (Three
Judge Bench)
45.29. Accrued right of bail u/s 167(2) CrPC : How long survives? No bail u/s
167(2) CrPCafter filing of charge sheet : Right of the accused to bail u/s 167(2)
CrPC ensues on default of the I.O. in submitting the charge sheet within the statutory
period of 60/90 days and is enforceable by the accused only from the time of default in the
submission of charge sheet till the filing of the challan and it does not survive or remain
enforceable on the challan being filed as after submission of charge sheet Sec. 167 CrPC
ceases to apply and the custody of the accused is not governed by Sec. 167 CrPC but by
different provisions in the CrPC. If the right to be released on bail u/s 167(2) CrPC had
accrued to the accused but it remained un-enforced till the filing of the challan, then there
is no question of its enforcement thereafter since it is extinguished the moment the challan
is filed. If after expiry of 60 or 90 days, the charge sheet is filed and the accused is in
custody on the basis of order of remand then the accused cannot be released on bail on the
ground that charge sheet was not submitted within the statutory period of 60 or 90 days.
The bail application filed by the accused after the submission of charge sheet would be
decided on merits and not u/s 167(2) CrPC. See :
1. Pragyna Singh Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 10 SCC 445
2. Dinesh Dalmia Vs. CBI, AIR 2008 SC 78
3. Dr. Bipin Shantilal Panchal Vs. State of Gujarat, (1996) 1 SCC 718 – Three
Judge Bench (Also held that Sec. 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985 does not exclude
applicability of Proviso (a) to Sec. 167(2) CrPC)
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4. Hitendra Vishnu Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra, (1994) 4 SCC 602

5. Sanjay Dutt Vs. State Through CBI, Bombay, (1994) 5 SCC 410(Five-Judge Bench)
6. Mustaq Ahmed Mohammed Isak Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2009) 7 SCC 480
7. Hari Om Vs. State of UP, 1992 CrLJ 182 (All)

45.30.Sec. 173(8) CrPC & Bail u/s 167(2) CrPC: Right to bail u/s 167(2) CrPC is
available only till investigation is pending and no police report u/s 173(2) CrPC is
submitted within the statutory period of 60/90 days. But this right is lost once charge sheet
is filed. Such right to bail u/s 167(2) CrPC does not get revived only because further
investigation u/s 173(8) is pending. See : Dinesh Dalmia Vs. CBI, AIR 2008 SC 78.
45.31.Statutory bail u/s 167(2) CrPC cannot be granted during the pendency of
application u/s 173(8) CrPC seeking extension of time for further
investigation : Public prosecutor filed application for extension of time to
file charge-sheet against accused involved in MCOCA, 1999. Charge-sheet
was filed within time before expiry of 90 days from the date of initial arrest.
Period of 90 days lapsed and no decision was taken by the Court on
application seeking extension of time. No right can be said to have accrued
in favour of the accused for grant of statutory bail u/s 167(2) CrPC on the
ground of default only after rejection of therefor extension of time sought,
right is the favour of accused for statutory bail u/s 167(2) CrPC would ignite.
Bail u/s 167(2) CrPC under the above circumstances cannot be granted to the
accused. See : Rambeer Shokeen Vs. State of NCT of Delhi, AIR 2018 SC 688.
45.32.Bail bond in pursuance of order u/s 167(2) CrPC not to be accepted
when charge sheet is submitted to the court before filing of bail bond :If
the accused is unable to furnish the bail as directed by the Magistrate, then on
a conjoint reading of Explanation I and the proviso to sub-section (2) of
Section 167 CrPC, the continued custody of the accused even beyond the
specified period in para (a) will not be unauthorised, and therefore, if during
that period the investigation is complete and the charge-sheet is filed then the
so-called indefeasible right of the accused would stand extinguished. See :
Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453
(Three-Judge Bench) (para 13)
45.33.Accused to be released from jail even when before filing of bail bonds in
pursuance of bail order passed u/s 167(2) CrPC, charge sheet is filed in
the court : An order for release on bail granted u/s 167(2) CrPC is not defeated by lapse
of time, the filing of charge sheet or by remand to custody u/s 309(2) CrPC. There is no
limit of time within which the bond may be executed after the order for release on bail u/s
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167(2) CrPC is made. See : Raghubir Singh Vs. State of Bihar, (1986) 4 SCC

481.
45.34.Magistrate to inform the accused of his accrued right to bail u/s 167(2)
CrPC: It is the duty of Magistrate to inform the accused of his accrued right to be
released on bail u/s 167(2) CrPC. See :
1.A. Rakesh Kumar Paul Vs. State of Assam, AIR 2017 SC 3948 (Three-

Judge Bench)
1. Sudhakar Vs. State of U.P., 1985(1) Crimes 582 (All)
2. Hussainara Khatoon Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, AIR 1979 SC 1377
(Three Judge Bench)
45.35.No bail u/s 167(2) CrPCduring extended period of investigation beyond
60 / 90 days : Where the court extends time to complete investigation before expiry of
60 / 90 days, the court is empowered to remand accused to judicial or police custody
during extended period and the right of the accused to be released on bail u/s 167(2)
CrPCis lost. See : Ateef Nasir Mulla Vs. State of Maharashtra, 2005 (53) ACC
522 (SC)
45.36.Revision against order u/s 167(2) CrPC: Where after expiry of 90 days, the
accused moved application for bail u/s 167(2) CrPCbut the Magistrate postponed the
disposal of the application to next day when police filed charge sheet, it has been held that
the Magistrate acted in violation of the provisions u/s 167(2) CrPCand revision lies
against such an order. Where the court concerned adopts dilatory tactics to defeat the right
of the accused accrued u/s 167(2) CrPC, it is open to the accused to immediately move the
superior court for appropriate direction. See :
1. Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453 (Three
Judge Bench)
2. Sudhakar Vs. State of U.P., 1985(1) Crimes 582 (All)
45.37.Accused to be released on bail u/s 167(2) CrPCwhen after filing of the
application by the accused charge sheet is filed : Magistrate is obliged to grant
bail to accused u/s 167(2) CrPCeven if after filing of the application by the accused, a
charge sheet is filed by the investigating officer. See :
(i) Pragyna Singh Thakur Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 10 SCC 445
(ii) Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453
(Three Judge Bench)
45.38. Bail u/s 167(2) CrPCafter submission of charge sheet during the
pendency of proceedings before the higher forum against the magisterial
order rejecting the application u/s 167(2) CrPC: Where the application of the
accused has been erroneously rejected by the Magistrate u/s 167(2) CrPCand the accused
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then moves the higher forum but during the pendency of the matter before that forum, a
charge sheet is filed, the indefeasible right of the accused is not affected. However, if the
accused fails to furnish the bail as directed by the Magistrate, his right to be released on
bail would be extinguished. See : Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of
Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453 (Three Judge Bench)
45.39.Submission of charge sheet after grant of bail u/s 167(2) CrPCbut before
furnishing of bail bonds : If the accused is unable to furnish the bail as directed by
the Magistrate, then on a conjoint reading of Explanation I and the proiso to sub-sec. (2)
of Sec. 167 CrPC, the continued custody of the accused even beyond the specified period
in para (a) will not be unauthorized, and therefore, if during that period the investigation is
complete and the charge-sheet is filed then the so called indefeasible right of the accused
would stand extinguished. The Constitution Bench decision in the matter of Sanjay Dutt
Vs. State through CBI, (1994) 5 SCC 410 should be understood in that sense. See :
Uday Mohanlal Acharya Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2001) 5 SCC 453
(Three Judge Bench)
45.40.Presiding Officers to write to SSP against the Investigating Officers
failing in submitting police report u/s 173(2) CrPCwithin 60 or 90 days :
Vide C.L. No.52/2007Admin(G), dated 13.12.2007, the Allahabad High Court has issued
following directions for compliance by the Judicial Officers of the State of U.P. :
“The Hon’ble Court has noticed that the delay takes place in submission of Police
Report before the Magistrate on account of various reasons such as the investigating
officer being biased in favour of accused, investigating officer being transferred from one
police officer to another on account of their transfer. Such delay at times results in the
accused getting undue advantage of being set at liberty due to non filing of Police report
within the time stipulated u/s 167(2)(b) CrPCThe Hon’ble Court has been pleased to
recommend that all the criminal courts shall write to SP/SSP. Concerned for necessary
action against an investigating officer if he is found to be wanting in discharge of his
duties deliberately in submitting the Police report within time as per mandate u/s
167(2)(C) of CrPC”
45.41.Accused not entitled to bail u/s 167(2) CrPC when charge-sheet filed on
the last day (90th day) without full set of documents : Where the police
report i.e. charge-sheet u/s 173(2) CrPC was filed by the IO before the court on the
last day i.e. 90th day and the accused claimed bail u/s 167(2) CrPC on the ground
that the IO had not filed the complete documents with the police report u/s 173(2)
CrPC, it has been held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that on the said grounds the
accused was not entitled to bail u/s 173(2) CrPC particularly when the cognizance
taking order on such police report was not challenged by the accused. The
provisions of Section 173(5) requiring filing of full set of documents with the
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police report/charge-sheet is only directory and not mandatory. See : Narendra

Kumar Amin Vs. CBI, (2015) 3 SCC 417.
45.42.Cancellation of bail granted u/s 167(2) CrPC : Grant of bail to an accused u/s
167(2) CrPCis different from bail granted o merits us. 437 or 439 CrPCCancellation of
bail u/s 437(5) or 439(2) CrPCis different from refusal to grant bail. Cancellation involves
review on merits of the decision granting bail. Therefore, unless there are strong grounds
for cancellation of bail once granted u/s 167(2) CrPC, the same cannot be cancelled on
mere production of charge-sheet. The ratio of Rajnikant Jivanlal Patel Vs. Intelligence
Officer, NCB, New Delhi, (1989) 3 SCC 532 to the extent it was inconsistent with the law
laid down in Aslam Babalal Desai Case have been held not to state the correct law and has
been overruled. See :
1. Dr. Bipin Shantilal Panchal Vs. State of Gujarat, (1996) 1 SCC 718 (Three Judge
Bench)
2. Aslam Babalal Desai Vs. State of Maharashtra, (1992) 4 SCC 272 (Three Judge
Bench)
3. Ram Murti Vs. State of U.P., 1976 CrLJ 211 (All).

45.43.After denial of statutory bail u/s 167(2) CrPC, accused can move
application for regular bail u/s 437 or 439 CrPC : After denial of statutory
bail u/s 167(2) CrPC, accused can move application for regular bail u/s 437
or 439 CrPC. See : Rambeer Shokeen Vs. State of NCT of Delhi, AIR 2018 SC
688.
46. Submission of charge-sheet during the pendency of application u/s 167(2) CrPC:
Once the accused files an application for default bail u/s 167(2) CrPC , he is
deemed to have availed of or enforced his right to be released on default bail. This
right continues to remain enforceable even if, while the bail application is pending, a
charge-sheet or an application for extension of time is filed under the NDPS Act.
But the actual release of the accused depends on the directions passed by the court
granting the bail. So if the accused fails to furnish bail bonds or comply with the
terms and conditions of the bail order his detention would continue. But if the
accused fails to apply for the default bail u/s 167(2) CrPC when the right accrued to
him and subsequently a charge-sheet or extension report is filed, then the right to
default bail would be extinguished . See: the Three- Judge Bench order Dt.
17.11.2020 in Ravindran Vs. State of Tamil Nadu on bail u/s 167(2) CrPC in
NDPS case where detention upto 180 days is permissible.

47. Verification of sureties & their papers/status—Relevant C.Ls. & judicial

pronouncements thereon : Where the surety furnishes a surety bond alongwith an
affidavit as required by Sec. 499(3), Criminal P.C., the Magistrate can accept his surety
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bond and can make further enquiry as well and for this purpose order verification from the
Tehsil. In such a case the bond is accepted subject to further orders on the receipt of the
Tehsil report. The provision in Sec. 500, sub-sec. (1) contemplates that the accused is to
be released on the execution of the bonds which should be accepted on their face value in
the first instance. Hence, a formal acceptance of a surety bond on a future date does not in
any way effect the surety’s liability on the bond from the earlier date on which it was first
accepted. See:
1. Rajpal Singh Vs. State of U.P., 2003 AAC (Cri) 261 (All)
2. Bekaru Singh Vs. State of U.P., AIR 1963 SC 430

48. C.L. No. 3/Admin.(G), dated Allahabad 16.2.2009 now reads as under: Upon
consideration of the direction of Hon’ble court in Criminal Misc. Case No. 4356/08
Shiv Shyam Pandey versus State of U.P. and others and in the wake of receipt of
representation of the Bar complaining against considerable delay taking place in
respect of verification of the address and status of the sureties filed before the
Subordinate Courts, the Hon’ble Court has been pleased to direct that in supersession
of earlier Circular Letter No. 44/98 dated 20.8.1998 and Circular Letter No. 58/98
dated 5.11.1998, the following guidelines shall be followed by the Judicial Officers of
Subordinate Courts:-
1. In serious cases such as murder, dacoity, rape and cases falling under
NDPS Act, two sureties should normally be directed to be filed and the
amount of the surety bonds should be fixed commensurate with the
gravity of the offence.
2. The address and status verification of the sureties shall be obtained within
reasonable time, say seven days in case of local sureties, 15 days in case of
sureties being of other district and one month in case of sureties being of other
State, positively from the concerned Police and revenue authorities and in case
of non receipt of the report within given time, the concerned court may call for
explanation for the delay from the concerned authorities and take suitable action
against them and at the same time may consider granting provisional release of
the accused person in appropriate cases subject to the condition that in case of
any discrepancies being reported by the verifying authorities, the accuses shall
surrender forthwith.
3. The Courts must insist on filing of black and white photographs of the sureties
which must have been prepared from the negative.
4. The copies of the title deeds filed in support of solvency of status should be
verified.
5. In cases where the Court feels that there are chances of plantation of drugs to
implicate a person in a case covered un der the NDPS Act, the amount of surety
bonds may be suitably reduced.”
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49. Sureties to furnish details of repeatedly standing surety— Sec. 441-A

CrPC: Sec. 441-A CrPCas inserted since 2006 reads as under---
“Sec. 441-A Cr.P.C.—Declaration by sureties—Every person standing surety to an
accused person for his release on bail, shall make a declaration before the Court as to the
number of persons to whom he has stood surety including the accused, giving therein all
the relevant particulars.”
50. Local sureties---Not to be insisted : Order rejecting surety because he or his estate
was situate in a different district is discriminatory, illegal and violative of Art. 14 of the
Constitution. Likewise, geographic allergy at the judicial level makes mockery of equal
protection of the laws within the territory of India, India is one and not a conglomeration
of districts, untouchably apart. See:
(i) Manish Vs. State of UP, 2008 CrLJ (NOC) 1123 (Alld)
(ii) Moti Ram Vs. State of M.P., AIR 1978 SC 1594.

51. Delay in releasing the accused from jail not to be committed after grant
of bail : Where there was delayed release of the accused despite grant of Bail and
acceptance of his bonds and sureties by the Court, the Hon'ble Supreme Court issued
notice to the Superintendent of jail requiring his explanation and on finding that delay
took place on account of certain procedural formalities in giving effect to the bail order
and not because of individual's laxity, the notice was withdrawn by the Hon'ble Court.
See: Pusai Vs. State (NCT) of Delhi, AIR 2004 SC 1184
52. Jail Superintendent deprecated for not releasing the accused merely for
an error in his name: Bail application of the accused Vinod Kumar Baruaar was
rejected by the court of the Addl. Sessions Judge/ Fast Track Court, Siddharthnagar in
Crime No.101/2019 for the offences u/s 8/19 of the NDPS Act and u/s 4/411,413 IPC,
Police Station Dumariyaganj, District: Siddarthnagar. High Court granted him bail by its
order dated 09.04.2020 by the name of ” Vinod Baruaar.” But the jail superintendent
refused to release him from jail and returned the release order to the court by saying that
the name of the accused mentioned in the warrant u/s 167 CrPC did not match with the
release order issued by the court and sought correction of the same. Since the middle
word ” Kumar “ was not written in the bail order of the High Court, the accused was
directed by the lower court to seek correction of the same in the High Court. The accused
then approached the High Court for correction of the name of the accused in its bail order
dated 9.4.2020. Deprecating the conduct of the jail superintendent, the High Court
directed the CJM and the superintendent jail to release the accused from jail forthwith
without correction in his name. Jail Superintendent was summoned in person to explain to
the High Court as to why the accused was not released from jail for such trivial mistakes
in his name when the crime No. and other details of the accused were the same. See:
Order dated 07.12.2020 of the Allahabad High Court passed on Criminal Misc.Bail
Application No.3837/2020, Vinod Baruaar State of UP.
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53.1. Directions dated 11.10.11 issued by Division Bench of the Hon’ble

Allahabad High Court in Shaukin Vs. State of UP, 2012 (76) ACC 159
(All…DB) regarding remand and bail of accused of offences punishable
with imprisonment upto seven years : The Hon’ble High Court (in para 20) of
its above judgment has issued following directions :
“We therefore direct the Magistrates that when accused punishable with
upto 7 years imprisonment are produced before them remands may be granted
to accused only after the Magistrates satisfy themselves that the application for
remand by the police officer has been made in a bona fide manner and the reasons
for seeking remand mentioned in the case diary are in accordance with the
requirements of sections 41(1)(b) and 41 A CrPC and there is concrete material in
existence to substantiate the ground mentioned for seeking remand. Even where the
accused himself surrenders or where investigation has been completed and the
Magistrate needs to take the accused in judicial custody as provided under section
170(1) and section 41(1)(b)(ii)(e) CrPC, prolonged imprisonment at this initial
stage, when the accused has not been adjudged guilty may not be called for, and
the Magistrates and Sessions Courts are to consider the bails expeditiously and not
to mechanically refuse the same, especially in short sentence cases punishable with
upto 7 years imprisonment unless the allegations are grave and there is any legal
impediment in allowing the bail, as laid down in Lal Kamlendra Pratap Singh V
State of U.P., (2009) 4 SCC 437, and Sheoraj Singh @ Chuttan Vs. State of U.P.
and others, 2009(65) ACC 781. The facility of releasing the accused on interim
bail pending consideration of their regular bails may also be accorded by the
Magistrates and Sessions Judges in appropriate cases.
The Magistrate may also furnish information to the Registrar of the High
Court through the District Judge, in case he is satisfied that a particular police
officer ha s been persistently arresting accused in cases punishable with upto 7 year
terms, in a mechanical or mala fide and dishonest manner, in contravention of the
requirements of sections 41(1)(b) and 41 A, and thereafter the matter may be
placed by the Registrar in this case, so that appropriate directions may be issued to
the DGP to take action against such errant police officer for his persistent default or
this Court may initiate contempt proceedings against the defaulting police officer.”
53.2. Non-observance of provisions of Section 41 and 41-A CrPC by
Magistrate in offences punishable upto 7 years disapproved by the
Supreme Court : Where two accused persons, a doctor and a practicing
advocate, both ladies, were arrested by the police for offences u/s 420/34 IPC
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read with Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the
maximum sentence for offence u/s 66D of the IT Act, 2000 was three years
and for offence u/s 420 IPC was 7 years and the bail of the accused persons
was also rejected by the Magistrate, it has been held by the Hon'ble Supreme
Court that the conditions precedent of procedure of arrest stipulated u/s 41
and 41-A CrPC was not followed by the police officer and the fundamental
right as to personal liberty of the accused persons guaranteed by Article 21 of
the Constitution stood curtailed when their bail application was rejected. A
compensation of Rs. 5 lacs was granted by the Supreme Court to each one of
the accused persons. See : Dr. Rini Johar Vs. State of M.P., AIR 2016 SC
2679.
53.3. Arrest not mandatory as per Section 41 and 41-A CrPC in cognizable
offences punishable with imprisonment upto 07 years : Sections 41 and 41-A
CrPC place cheque on arbitrary and unwarranted exercise of powers of arrest by police.
Arrest is not mandatory as per Section 41 and 41-A CrPC in cognizable
offences punishable with imprisonment upto 07 years. Writ Court under
Article 226 of the Constitution can in appropriate cases grant relief against
pre-arrest but such power is not to be exercise in the State of UP liberally so
as to bring back the provisions of Section 438 CrPC by back door. See : Km.
Hema Mishra Vs State of UP, AIR 2014 SC 1066.

53.4. No mechanical grant of remand by magistrate u/s 167 CrPC : The act of
directing remand of an accused is fundamentally a judicial function. The
Magistrate does not act in executive capacity while ordering the detention of an
accused. While exercising this judicial act, it is obligatory on the part of the
Magistrate to satisfy himself whether the materials placed before him justify such a
remand or, to put it differently, whether there exist reasonable grounds to commit
the accused to custody and extend his remand. The purpose of remand as
postulated under Section 167 is that investigation cannot be completed within 24
hours. It enables the Magistrate to see that the remand is really necessary. This
requires the investigating agency to send the case diary along with the remand
report so that the Magistrate can appreciate the factual scenario and apply his mind
whether there is a warrant for police remand or justification for judicial remand or
there is no need for any remand at all. It is obligatory on the part of the Magistrate
to apply his mind and not to pass an order of remand automatically or in a
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mechanical manner. See : Manubhai Ratilal Patel Tr. Ushaben Vs. State of
Gujarat and Others, AIR 2013 SC 313.
53.5. Interim Bail by Magistrate or Sessions Judge When Not To Be
Granted : Interim bail pending hearing of a regular bail application ought
not to be passed where :
(i) The case involves a grave offence like murder, dacoity, robbery, rape
etc., and it is necessary to arrest the accused and bring his movements under
restraint to infuse confidence among the terror stricken victims and society at
large and for protecting witnesses.
(ii) The case involves an offence under the U.P. Gangsters Act and in
similar statutory provisions.
(iii) The accused is likely to abscond and evade the processes of law.
(iv) The accused is given to violent behavior and is likely to commit further
offences unless his movements are brought under restraint.
(v) The accused is a habitual offender and unless kept in custody he is
likely to commit similar offences again.
(vi) The offence is in the nature of a scam, or there is an apprehension that
there may be interference with the investigation or for any other reason the
Magistrate/Competent Court feels that it is not a fit case for releasing the
appellant on interim bail pending the hearing of the regular bail.
(vii) An order of interim bail can also not be passed by a Magistrate who is
not empowered to grant regular bail in offences punishable with death or
imprisonment for life or under the other circumstances enumerated in
Section 437 CrPC.
(viii) If the Public Prosecutor/Investigating Officer can satisfy the
Magistrate/Court concerned that there is a bona fide need for custodial
interrogation of the accused regarding various facets of motive, preparation,
commission and aftermath of the crime and the connection of other persons,
if any, in the crime, or for obtaining information leading to discovery of
material facts, it may constitute a valid ground for not granting interim bail,
and the Court in such circumstances may pass orders for custodial
interrogation, or any other appropriate order. See : Pradeep Tyagi Vs. State
of UP & Others, 2009 (65) ACC 443 (All…DB)(Para 12).
53.6. Reasons must be recorded by court when adjourning the hearing of bail
application and not granting interim bail : Relying on the Seven-Judge
Bench decision of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court in Amrawati Vs. State
of UP, 2004 (57) ALR 290 and the Apex Court decision in Lal Kamlend
Pratap Singh Vs. State of UP, 2009 (67) ACC 966 (SC) and avoiding to
record strictures on the conduct of the concerned Magistrate, in the case
noted below, the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court (Hon'ble Karuna Nand
Bajpayee, J.) has observed thus : "the need and desirability of hearing the
bail applications on the same day is not difficult to gauge from the
observations made by the Full Bench in Amrawati's case when it held that if
on the application made u/s 437 CrPC, the Magistrate feels constrained to
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postpone the hearing of the bail application, he should release the accused
on interim bail and if there are circumstances which impell the court not to
adopt such a course, the court shall record its reasons for its refusal to
release the applicant on interim bail." See : Naval Saini Vs. State of UP,
2014 (84) ACC 73 (All)(para 7)
54. Cancellation of bail in bailable offences--- A person accused of a bailable
offence is entitled to be released on bail pending his trial, but he forfeits his right to be
released on bail if his conduct subsequent to his release is found to be prejudicial to a fair
trial. And this forfeiture can be made effective by invoking the inherent powers of the
High Court u/s 482 CrPCBail granted to an accused with reference to bailable offence can
be cancelled only if the accused---
(1) misuses his liberty by indulging in similar criminal activity,
(2) interferes with the course of investigation,
(3) attempts to tamper with evidence or witnesses,
(4) threatens witnesses or indulges in similar activities which would hamper
smooth investigation,
(5) attempts to flee to another country,
(6) attempts to make himself scarce by going underground or becoming
unavailable to the investigation agency,
(7) attempts to place himself beyond the reach of his surety, etc.
However, these grounds are illustrative and not exhaustive. See: Rasiklal Vs.
Kishore, (2009) 2 SCC (Criminal) 338
55. Only Sessions Judge or High Court and not the Magistrate can cancel
bail in bailable offences: An application for cancellation of bail in bailable offences
can either be made before the Sessions Court or the High Court and not before the
Magistrate as he has no power. See: Madhab Chandra Jena vs. State of Orissa,

1988 CrLJ 608 (Orissa..DB)

56. Relevant considerations for cancellation of bail in non-bailable offences :

Bail once granted to an accused cannot be cancelled in a mechanical manner without
considering whether any supervening circumstances have rendered it no longer conducive
to a fair trial to allow the accused to retain his freedom by enjoying the concession of bail
during trial. Grounds for cancellation of bail may be based on satisfaction of court on (i)
chances of accused absconding (ii) interference or attempt to interfere with due course of
administration of justice and (iii) abuse in any manner of bail etc. When a person to whom
bail has been granted either tries to interfere with the course of justice or attempts to
tamper with evidence or witnesses or threatens witnesses or indulges in similar activities
which would hamper smooth investigation or trial, bail granted can be cancelled. See:
1(a). Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Vs. CBI, (2013) 7 SCC 439
1. Prakash Kadam Vs. Ramprasad Vishwanath Gupta, (2011) 6 SCC 1891.
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2. Hazari Lal Das Vs. State of W.B., 2009(6) Supreme 564

3. Panchanan Misra Vs. Digambar Misra, AIR 2005 SC 1299
4. Mehboob Dawood Shaikh Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2004 SC 2890
5. Union of India Vs. Subhash Chandra, 2002 (2) JIC 314 (All)
6. Subhendu Misra Vs. Subrat Kumar Misra,2000 SCC (Cri) 1508
7. Dolat Ram Vs. State of Haryana, 1995 SCC (Criminal) 237

57. Cancellation of bail on the ground of threat to witnesses: Bail granted to an

accused u/s 437/439 CrPCcan be cancelled if the accused threatens the witnesses to turn
hostile or tampers in any other manner with the evidence of the prosecution. See:
1. Panchanan Misra Vs. Digambar Misra, AIR 2005 SC 1299
2. Mehboob Dawood Shaikh Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2004 SC 2890
3. Gurcharan Singh Vs. State of Delhi Admn., AIR 1978 SC 179
Note: Relying upon the abovenoted Supreme Court rulings, a Division Bench judgment
of Hon’ble Allahabad High Court delivered in Cr. Misc. Petition No. 5695/2006, Karan
Singh Vs. State of U.P., decided on 12.4.2007 and circulated amongst the judicial officers
of the State of U.P., vide C.L. No. 6561/2007 Dated: April 21, 2007 directs the judicial
officers to initiate process for cancellation of bail of such accused who threaten the PWs
to turn hostile.
58. Witness may file complaint u/s 195A CrPC if threatened by accused or
any other person : Threatening any witness to give false evidence has been made
offence w.e.f. 16.04.2006 punishable u/s 195A of the IPC with imprisonment upto 7 years
or fine or with both. A witness threatened by the accused can file complaint u/s 195 CrPC
as inserted w.e.f. 31.12.2009.
59. Cancellation of bail on the basis of post bail conduct and/or supervening
circumstances: For cancellation of bail granted to an accused u/s 437 or 439 Cr.P.C.,
post bail conduct of the accused and supervening circumstances can also be taken into
consideration. Se: State Through CBI Vs. Amarmani Tripathi, 2005 (53)

ACC 484 (SC)

60. Cancellation of bail on protraction of trial by seeking unnecessary
adjournments : Bail granted to an accused u/s 437 or 439 CrPCcan be cancelled if the
accused indulges into deliberate protraction of trial or taking unnecessary adjournments.
See: Lalu Prasad Yadav Vs. State of Jharkhand, (2006) 6 SCC 661

61. Cancellation of bail on the basis of non-reasoned bail order passed by

ignoring material on record : An order granting bail u/s 437 or 439 CrPCby
ignoring material and evidence on record and without reasons, would be perverse and
contrary to the principles of law of bail. Such bail order would by itself provide a ground
for moving an application for cancellation of bail. Such ground for cancellation is
different from the ground that the accused mis-conducted himself or some new facts
called for cancellation of bail. Discussing evidence while granting bail is totally different
from giving reasons for grant of bail. High Court, u/s 482 or 439 Cr.P.C., can cancel such
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bail granted by Sessions Judge u/s 439 CrPCeven if such bail order is interlocutory order.
See:
1(a). Kanwar Singh Meena Vs. State of Rajasthan, AIR 2013 SC 296
1. Ash Mohammad Vs. Shiv Raj Singh, (2012) 9 SCC 446
2. Brij Nandan jaiswal Vs. Munna Jaiswal, AIR 2009 SC 1021
3. Puran Vs. Ram Bilas, (2001) 6 SCC 338

62. Cancellation of bail by same Judge—Not necessary---- Taking a different

view than what was laid down earlier in the case of Harjeet Singh Vs. State of Punjab,
2002 (1) JIC 254 (SC), the Supreme Court, in the case noted below, has ruled that the
conventional practice of placing the application for cancellation of bail before the Judge
who had granted the bail is not necessary and need not be followed. See: Mehboob

Dawood Shaikh Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2004 SC 2890

63 . Who can move application for cancellation of bail? It is settled law that
complainant can always question the order granting bail if the said order is not validly
passed. It is not as if once a bail is granted by any court, the only way is to get it cancelled
on account of its misuse. The bail order can be tested on merits also and the complainant
can question the merits of the order granting bail. Either State or any aggrieved party (in
the instant case father of the deceased for offences u/s 498-A, 304-B IPC) can move
application for cancellation of bail granted earlier to the accused. See:
1. Brij Nandan jaiswal Vs. Munna Jaiswal, AIR 2009 SC 1021
2. Puran Vs. Ram Bilas, (2001) 6 SCC 338

64. Who can move application for cancellation of bail? The discretion of grant or
cancellation of bail can be exercised either at the instance of the accused, the public
prosecutor or the complainant on finding new material or circumstances at any point of
time. See: Siddharam satlingappa Mhetre Vs. State of Maharashtra,

2011(1) SCJ 36

65. Notice / hearing to accused before cancellation of bail: An accused must be

given notice and opportunity of being heard before the bail granted to him earlier is
cancelled. See :
1. P.K. Shaji Vs. State of Kerala, (2006) 2 SCC (Cri) 174
2. Gurdev Singh Vs. State of Bihar, (2005) 13 SCC 286

66. Cancellation of bail on the ground of concealment of facts...... Bail granted

on the basis of concealment of facts would be liable to be cancelled on this ground alone.
See: Tufail Ahmed Vs. State of U.P, 2010 (5) ALJ 102 (All).

67. A bail granted by SJ or High Court not to be cancelled by the Magistrate

: Where Bail was granted by a Sessions Judge, any cancellation or alteration of the
conditions of bail can be made by the Sessions Judge himself or by the High Court only
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and not by a Magistrate. See: Ananth Kumar Naik Vs. State of AP, 1977 CrLJ

1797 (AP).
68. Order of Judicial Magistrate cancelling bail is revisable by SJ: An order
passed by Judicial Magistrate cancelling bail is revisable before the Sessions
Judge. See: Pandit Dnyanu Khot vs. State of Maharashtra, 2002 (45)
ACC 620 (SC).
69. Cancellation of bail by Magistrate granted by Court of Sessions or High
Court : The bail granted by Court of Sessions or by any other Superior Court cannot be
cancelled by Magistrate unless so directed by the Court of Sessions or by any other
Superior Court. The powers of High Court or the Sessions Court u/s 439(2) CrPCare very
wide and it specifically empowers the Sessions Court or the High Court to cancel the bail
granted by any of the subordinate courts under Chapter XXXIII of the CrPCi.e. u/s 436 or
437 CrPCSee: P.K. Shaji Vs. State of Kerala, (2006) 2 SCC (Cri) 174.

70. Bail u/s 389(3) CrPCby Trial Court on conviction : Sec. 389(3) CrPC
empowers the trial court to grant bail to a convicted accused under the following
conditions---
“Sec. 389(3) Cr.P.C.--- Where the convicted person satisfies the Court by
which he is convicted that he intends to present an appeal, the Court shall—
(i) where such person, being on bail, is sentenced to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years, or
(ii) where the offence of which such person has been convicted is a bailable one,
and he is on bail.
Order that the convicted person be released on bail, unless there are special
reasons for refusing bail, for such period as will afford sufficient time to present
the appeal and obtain the orders of the Appellate Court under sub-section (1), and
the sentence of imprisonment shall, so long as he is so released on bail, be deemed
to be suspended.
71. Hearing to Public Prosecutor on bail application u/s 389 CrPC
mandatory : Service of copy of appeal and application for bail on public
prosecutor and providing him opportunity of hearing is mandatory as
required by the first proviso to Section 389 CrPC. In the event of non
observance of the said provision, bail order has to be set aside by the superior
court. See : Atul Tripathi Vs. State of UP, 2015 (88) ACC 525 (SC).
72. Appellate court can order deposit of only part of the fine by the convict
imposed by the trial court : When a person was convicted under Section
138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to imprisonment and
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fine and he moved the Superior Court for suspension of sentence the
imposition of condition that part of the fine shall be remitted in Court within
a specified time, was not improper. While suspending the sentence for the
offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act it is advisable
that the Court imposes a condition that the fine part is remitted within a
certain period. If the fine amount is heavy, the Court can direct at least a
portion thereof to be remitted as the convicted person wants the sentence to
be suspended during the pendency of the appeal. In the present case
considering the total amount of fine imposed by the trial Court (twenty lacs
of rupees) there is nothing unjust or unconscionable in imposing a condition,
to remit amount of four lacs for suspending the sentence. See : Stanny Felix
Pinto Vs M/s. Jangid Builders Pvt. Ltd. & Another, AIR 2001 SC 659.
73. Deposit of fine a pre-condition for grant of bail u/s 389(3) CrPC by trial
court : It is the privilege of the accused to insist for bail even after the order
of conviction and sentence u/s 389(3) CrPC if the amount of fine has been
paid and quantum of punishment is less than three years especially when
there is no other reason to refuse the discretionary relief. See : Vijaykumar
Shantilal Tadvi Vs State of Gujarat, 2008 CrLJ 935 (Gujarat High
Court).
74. Section 439(2) CrPC not applicable to bail granted u/s 389 CrPC :
Section 439(2) CrPC for cancellation of bail cannot be invoked where
accused convict has been granted bail in criminal appeal u/s 389(1) CrPC.
The bail can be cancelled u/s 482 CrPC. Where pending appeal, prosecution
witness was murdered by the accused convict, bail was cancelled. See:
Rajpal Singh vs State of UP, 2002 CrLJ 4267 (All..DB)
75. Relevant considerations for grant of bail u/s 389 CrPC: During the
pendency of an appeal, an appellate court is empowered u/s 389 CrPCto
release the convict/appellant on bail and may also, for the reasons to be
recorded in writing, suspend the judgment of conviction and order of
sentence passed by the lower court. The relevant considerations for releasing
the convict/appellant on bail u/s 389 CrPCare as under----
(i) Nature of accusations made against the accused.
(ii) Manner which the offence was committed.
(iii) Gravity of the offence desirability of releasing the accused on bail
keeping in view the seriousness of the offence committed by him
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(iv) See:
1. State of Haryana Vs. Hasmat, (2004) 6 SCC 175
2. Vijay Kumar Vs. Narendra, (2002) 9 SCC 364
3. Ramji Prasad Vs. Rattan Kumar Jaiswal, (2002) 9 SCC 366

76. Second bail application u/s 389 CrPC: An order passed on a bail application
is only an interlocutory order and cannot be treated as judgment or final order
disposing of a case and the bar contained u/s 362 CrPCis not attracted to
entertaining a second bail application u/s 389 CrPCby the appellate court. There is
no provision in CrPCcreating a bar against the maintainability of a second bail
application u/s 389 CrPCin an appeal. A second bail application would be
maintainable only on some substantial ground where some point which has a strong
bearing on the fate of the appeal and which may have the effect of reversing the
order of conviction of the accused is made out. Apart from the ground on the merits
of the case, a second application for bail would also be maintainable on the ground
of unusual long delay in hearing of the appeal as in the event the appeal is not
heard within a reasonable time and the convicted accused undergoes a major part
of the sentence imposed upon him, the purpose of filing of the appeal itself may be
frustrated. A strong humanitarian ground which may not necessarily pertain to the
accused himself but may pertain to someone very close to him may also, in certain
circumstances, be a ground to entertain a second bail application. These are some
of the grounds on which second bail application may be entertained. It is not only
very difficult but hazardous to lay down the criteria on which a second application
for bail may be maintainable as it will depend upon peculiar facts and
circumstances of each case. See: Dal Chand Vs. State of U.P., 2000 Cr.L.J.
4579 (All—D.B.).
77. Bail by appellate court should be normally granted u/s 389 CrPC: When
a convicted person is sentenced to fixed period of sentence and when he files
appeal under any statutory right, suspension of sentence can be considered by
the appellate court liberally unless there are exceptional circumstances like
any statutory restriction against suspension of sentence. Similarly, when the
sentence is life-imprisonment the consideration for suspension of sentence
could be of a different approach. When the appellate court finds that due to
practical reasons, appeal cannot be disposed off expeditiously, the appellate
court must bestow special concern in the matter of suspending the sentence
so as to make the right of appeal meaningful and effective. Ofcourse,
appellate court can impose similar conditions when bail is granted. The
sentence of imprisonment as well as the direction for payment of fine or
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capable of being executed. See: Bhagwan Rama Shinde Gosai Vs. State of
Gujarat, AIR 1999 SC 1859.
78. Bail u/s 389 CrPC when not to be granted: Possible delay in disposal of
appeal and there being arguable points by itself may not be sufficient to grant
suspension of a sentence. See: State of Punjab Vs. Deepak Mattu, (2007)
11 SCC 319.
79. Pre-conditions for suspension of sentence u/s 389 CrPC: A person seeking
stay of conviction u/s 389 should specifically draw the attention of the
appellate court to the consequences if the conviction is not stayed. Unless the
attention of the court is drawn to the specific consequences that would follow
on account of conviction, the person convicted cannot obtain an order of stay
of conviction. See: Navjot Sidhu vs. State of Punjab, AIR 2007 SC 1003.
80. Rectification of bail order: If the Court had committed any mistake in
passing a bail order, it has power to rectify the same. But the court would
carry out necessary rectification/correction by giving an opportunity to the
accused of being heard. Rajendra Prasad Arya Vs. State of Bihar, 2000
(41) ACC 346 (SC)
81. Bail to foreigner : Where a case for bail is made out, bail would not be refused merely
because the accused applicant is a foreign national. See: Agali E. Samki Vs. State
NCT of Delhi, 2007 (57) ACC (Sum) 22 (Delhi).
82. Bail on the ground of long detention in jail : An accused lodged in jail (even if
he is a Member of Parliament) cannot be granted bail u/s 437, 439 CrPCon the ground of
long detention in jail. Mere long period of incarceration in jail would not be per se illegal.
If the accused has committed offence, he has to remain behind the bars. Such detention in
jail even as an undertrial prisoner would not be violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.
See:
1. Bhagat Singh Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (66) ACC 859 (All)
2. Pramod Kumar Saxena Vs. Union of India, 2008 (63) ACC 115 (SC)
3. Ravi Khandelwal Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (67) ACC 148 (All)—Accused in jail
for the last one year for murder.
4. Rajesh Ranjan Yadav alias Pappu Yadav Vs. CBI, AIR 2007 SC 451 (Case of
M.P. in jail for more than six years)
5. Pradeep Kumar Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (6) ALJ (NOC) 1356 (All)--- Accused
in jail for the last 60 days from the date fixed for evidence.
6. Ram Govind Upadhyay Vs. Sudarshan Singh, 2002 (45) ACC 45 (SC)—
accused was in jail for the last one year.
7. Prahlad Singh Bhati Vs. NCT, Delhi, 2001 (42) ACC 903 (SC)
8. Hari Om Vs. State of U.P., 1992 Cr.L.J. 182 (All)-- (Accused in jail for last 8
months)
83. Delayed trial a ground for bail : Delay in conclusion of trial is an important factor
for bail to be considered u/s 437 CrPC.See:15(C).
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84. Delayed trail a ground for bail : An under trial prisoner cannot be detained in
jail to an indefinite period as it violates Article 21 of the Constitution. If the trial is
likely to take considerable time and the accused will have to remain in jail longer
that period of detention had they been convicted, it is not in the interest of justice
that the accuse should be in jail for an indefinite period of time and in that event he
should be granted bail u/s 437 or 439 of the CrPC. See:
(i). Sanjay Chandra VS. Central Bureau of Investigation, A IR 2012 SC 830
(Note : it was 2G Spectrum Scam Case)

(ii).Dipak Shubhashchandra Mehta Vs. CBI, AIR 2012 SC 949

(iii).State of Kerala v. Raneef, AIR 2011 SC 340.
85. Delay in framing of charges entitles the accused to be released on bail: In a
criminal trial, where there was seven months delay in framing of the charges
against the accused, it has been observed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court that in a
simple matter of framing of charges, the court should have taken more than seven
months to frame the charges, is negation of principles of speedy trial and the
grounds on which the case had been adjourned from time to time reflected poorly
on the manner in his trial was being conducted. The Apex court directed the court
to be careful in future in dealing with sich cases and not to take up the cases for
framing of charges in such a casual manner and keep the pending for long periods
while the accused languishes in custody and directed that the accused be realeased
on bail. See: Bal Krishna Pandey vs. State of UP, (2003) 12 SCC 186.
86. Bail and Parole distinguished : Parole is a form of temporary release of a
convict from custody which provides conditional release from custody and
changes the mode of undergoing sentence . Parole has nothing to do with the
actual merits of the matter i.e. the evidence which has been led against the
convicted prisoner but parole is granted in cases of emergency like death,
illness of near relative or in cases of natural calamity such as house collapse,
fire or flood. Bail and parole operate in different spheres and in different
situations. The CrPC does not contain any provision for grant of parole. By
administrative instructions, however, rules have been framed in various
States regulating the grant of parole. Thus, the action of grant of parole is
generally speaking and administrative action. See : S. Sant Singh Vs.
Secretary, Home Department, Government of Maharashtra Mantralaya, 2006
CrLJ 1515 (Bombay…Full Bench).
87. Uttar Pradesh (Suspension of Sentences of Prisoners) (First Amendment)
Rules, 2012: Vide UP Govt. Notification No.104 JL / 22-3-2013-21G /1989 Dated
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Lucknow, January 29, 2013, Rule 3(3) of the UP (Suspension of Sentences of

Prisoners) Rules, 2007 has been amended as under :
Rule 3(3) w.e.f. 29.1.2013: The District Magistrate of the district to which the
prisoner belongs may suspend the sentence of a prisoner upto 72 hours on the
following grounds :
(a). Death of mother, father, husband or wife, son, daughter, brother or sister,
(b). Marriage of son, daughter, brother or sister.
88. Court not empowered to release prisoner in police custody to attend
marriage ceremony etc. of near relatives : An important decision dated
28.04.2011 of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court rendered in Criminal Misc. Application
No. 13434 of 2011 State of UP Vs. Udai Bhan Singh alias Doctor Singh &
Criminal Misc. Application No. 13566 of 2011 Smt. Ram Lali Mishra Vs. State of UP is
quoted here thus :"Prisoner Udai Bhan Singh alias Doctor Sing & his nephew
Sandeep Singh alias Pintu Singh were detained in the District Jail, Mirzapur and
were facing trial before the Court of Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhadohi at Gyanpur for
the offences u/s 307, 120-B of the IPC. The prisoner Udai Bhan Singh alias Doctor
Singh was already convicted in another Criminal Trial for having committed the
offence of murder and was serving life imprisonment. An application was moved
by the two under trials named above before the court of the ASJ, Bhadohi at
Gyanpur with the prayer to allow them to go from the jail in police custody to
attend the tilak ceremony of their sister's daughter. The ASJ allowed the
application with the direction to the jail authorities to take the two prisoners
named above in police custody to attend the tilak ceremony of their sister's
daughter. The said order was immediately challenged by the jail authorities/the
State of UP on Sunday itself (on 24.04.2011) by filing a petition u/s 482 CrPC
before Hon'ble the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court at His Lordship's
residence. His Lordship Hon'ble the Chief Justice at once constituted a Bench
nominating Hon'ble Justice A.K. Tripathi to hear the petition on Sunday itself and
pass appropriate order. After hearing the counsel for the State at his residence,
His Lordship Hon'ble Justice A.K. Tripathi passed order dated 24.04.2011 staying
the operation of the order of the ASJ Bhadohi and the said petition was thereafter
transferred to the regular Bench of Hon'ble Justice Ravindra Singh. Finally
allowing the above petition, His Lordship Ravindra Singh J. has observed that 'the
impugned order shows that the trial court has passed such order deliberately so
that the judicial custody warrants of the accused persons prepared and issued by
the committal Magistrate u/s 209 CrPC may not come in the way of execution of
the impugned order and that is why the order has been passed releasing the
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accused persons in police custody. The impugned order has been passed in the
garb of the provisions of Section 439 or 309 CrPC to give the benefit to the
accused persons which is not proper and is illegal. Section 309 CrPC was not
applicable in the present case because the trial court was not empowered to
remand the accused persons to police custody to a place other than the jail." The
said order of the ASJ, Bhadohi at Gyanpur was consequently set aside by the
Hon'ble High Court.
89. Application seeking permission to attend marriage of sister in police
custody rejected by High Court : Where the accused/husband was convicted along
with his father for offences u/s 304-B, 498-A of the IPC and u/s 3/4 DP Act and was
serving out sentence in jail and meanwhile father/convict was granted bail in appeal by the
High Court, the co-accused/husband moved a second application for bail before the High
Court. The Hon'ble Allahabad High Court not only rejected the prayer of the co-
accused/husband for bail and short term bail but also rejected the prayer to allow him to
go from jail to the venue of the marriage in police custody. See: Upendra Singh Vs.
State of UP, 2012 (77) ACC 801(Allahabad--DB)
90. No short term bail to attend marriage etc : Where the accused/husband was
convicted along with his father for offences u/s 304-B, 498-A of the IPC and u/s 3/4 DP
Act and was serving out sentence in jail and meanwhile father/convict was granted bail in
appeal by the High Court, the co-accused/husband moved a second application for bail
before the High Court. The Hon'ble Allahabad High Court not only rejected the prayer of
the co-accused/husband for bail and short term bail but also rejected the prayer to allow
him to go from jail to the venue of the marriage in police custody. See: Upendra Singh
Vs. State of UP, 2012 (77) ACC 801(Allahabad--DB).
91. Short term bail (parole) ganted for attending marriage of daughter : A
Division Bench of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court vide its order dated 05.02.2014
passed in Criminal Appeal No. 356/2010, Shiv Sagar Rai Vs. State of UP, granted short
term bail (parole) for three weeks to the convict/appeallant who was convicted by the
lower court for the offences u/s 147, 148, 302/149, 201, 218 IPC to attend marriage of his
daughter with the direction to the convict/appeallant to surrender before the CJM,
Sonbhadra after expiry of the said period of three weeks.

92. Parity in Bail : It is not universal rule that bail should be granted to co-accused on the
ground of parity. Bail granted to co-accused on the basis of non-speaking order cannot
form the basis for granting bail on the ground of parity. Similarly if co-accused is granted
bail in ignorance or violation of well settled principles of law of bails, it cannot be the
basis of parity. Parity cannot be the sole ground for bail. A Judge is not bound to grant
bail on the ground of parity. See:
1. Amarnath Yadav Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (67) ACC 534 (All)
2. Sanjay Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (67) ACC 190 (All)
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3. Shahnawaz Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (66) ACC 189 (All)

4. Bhagat Singh Vs. State of U.P., 2009 (66) ACC 859 (All)
5. Sabir Hussain Vs. State of U.P., 2000 Cr.L.J. 863 (All)
6. Chander Vs. State of U.P., 1998 Cr.L.J. 2374 (All)

93. Benefit of parity when to be extended to co-accused ? : Where in a daylight

murder of two persons, two accused were already granted bail, the third accused, a
student, in jail for more than one year, was also granted bail on the grounds of parity. See
: Ramesh Chander Singh Vs. High Court of Allahabad, (2007) 4 SCC 247.
(Note: In the above case, Shri R.C. Singh, the then ASJ, Jhansi had granted bail to one of
the accused persons involved in double murder and on complaint of having taken graft for the
same, an enquiry was set up against him by the Hon'ble Allahabd High Court and was
subsequently reversed to the post of Civil Judge, Senior Division. The Hon'ble Supreme Court set
aside the penalty and directed for his promotion by holding that a judicial officer should not be
punished merely because an order passed by him was wrong.)

94. ASJ terminated for granting bail to co-accused on parity basis : Shri
Naresh Singh was posted as Addl. Sessions Judge, Muzaffarnagar and had
granted bail to an accused (husband) on 18.05.2006 for the offences u/s 498-
A, 304-B IPC and u/s 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, on the ground of parity as
the other co-accused persons (father-in-law & mother-in-law of the deceased
wife) were already granted bail by the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court. Shri
Naresh Singh was already transferred to the Allahabad High Court to join as
OSD (Inquiries) but he had delayed in handing over his charge at
Muzaffarnagar by 20 days and meanwhile when the District Judge,
Muzaffarnagar had gone to High Court, Allahabad, and Shri Naresh Singh
was acting as Incharge Sessions Judge, Muzaffarnagar, granted bail to the
accused/husband on the ground of parity. A complaint was made against him
to the High Court and on final inquiry conducted against him, he was found
guilty for the charge of having granted the said bail to the accused/husband
on artificially created ground of parity with the co-accused persons and was
terminated by the Full Court on 16.05.2009. Shri Naresh Singh challenged
his removal before the Lucknow Bench of the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court
which partly allowed his petition and set aside the Full Court resolution dated
16.05.2009 regarding his removal from service. See : Naresh Singh Vs. State
of UP & Others, 2013 (1) ESC 429 (All-LB)(DB).
95. Benefit of parity when to be extended to co-accused ? : Where one accused
was already convicted & sentenced for offence u/s 20 of the NDPS Act, 1985 in one
Criminal Trial and the question of sentencing of other accused in separate Criminal Trial
had arisen and the principle of parity in awarding the penalty to the second accused was
raised, it has been held by the supreme Court that for applying the principle of parity,
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following two condition should be fulfilled----(i) The principle of parity in criminal case is
that, where the case of the accused is similar in all respects as that of the co-accused then
the benefit extended to one accused should be extended to
theco-accused. (ii) For applying the principle of parity both the accused must be involved
in same crime and must be convicted in single trial and consequently, a co-accused is one
who is awarded punishment along with the other accused in the same proceedings. See:
Ajmer Singh Vs. State of Haryana, 2010 (5) SCJ 451.
96. Cross-Cases & Bail : When there are cross cases and both the sides have received
injuries and one party has been released on bail the other party has to be released on bail
as that is the settled view. The question as to which party was aggressor is a question of
fact and that will have to be determined on the basis of evidence that is adduced in these
cases. See: Jaswant Singh Vs. State of U.P., 1977 (14) ACC 302 (All)

97. Bail on medical ground : Where the accused was previously convicted for offences
punishable with life imprisonment and was granted bail on medical grounds, it has been
held by the Supreme Court that bail cannot be granted u/s 437, 439 CrPC to an accused on
medical grounds as the medical treatment can be sought by the accused in jail from the jail
authorities. See:
1. Ram Prakash Pandey Vs. State of U.P., 2001 ALJ 2358 (SC)
2. Bibhuti Nath Jha Vs. State of Bihar, (2005) 12 SCC 286.

98. Mentally Ill Persons & Bail : As regards the detention of mentally ill persons in
jails, the Allahabad High Court in compliance with the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme
Court in the matter of Sheela Barse Vs. Union of India, (1993) 4 SCC 204, has issued
following directions vide C.L. No.30/2006, dated 7.8.2006 ---
(a) It is directed that the function of getting mentally ill persons examined and sent to
places of safe custody hitherto performed by Executive Magistrate shall hereafter
be performed only by Judicial Magistrate.
(b) The Judicial Magistrate, will, upon a mentally ill person being produced, have
him or her examined by a Mental health professional/ Psychiatrist and if advised
by such MHP/Psychiatrist send the mentally ill person to the nearest place of
treatment and care.
(c) The Judicial Magistrate will send reports every quarter to the High Court setting
out the number of cases of persons sought to be screened and sent to places of
safe custody and action taken by the Judicial Magistrate thereon.
99.1. Accused in jail beyond local territorial jurisdiction of court--- Sec. 267
CrPC& Bail : Relying upon the Supreme Court decision in Niranjan Singh Vs.
Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote, AIR 1980 SC 785, the Allahabad High Court, while
interpreting the provisions of Sec. 267 r/w. 439 Cr.P.C., has held that where the accused
was arrested by the police at Allahabad in relation to some crime registered at Allahabad
and was detained in jail at Allahabad and the accused was also wanted for offences u/s
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302, 307 IPC at Mirzapur, the Sessions Judge, Mirzapur had got jurisdiction to hear the
bail application of the accused treating him in custody of the Court of Sessions Judge at
Mirzapur. Physical production of the accused before the Court at Mirzapur or his
detention in jail at Mirzapur was not required. See:
1. Billu Rathore Vs. Union of India, 1993 L.Cr.R. 182 (All)
2. Chaudhari Jitendra Nath Vs. State of U.P., 1991(28) ACC 497 (All)

Note: For other cases on Sec. 267 Cr.P.C., see:

1. Ranjeet Singh @ Laddu Singh Vs. State of U.P., 1995 A.Cr.R. 523 (L.B.)
2. Mohd. Dawood Quareshi Vs. State of U.P., 1993 (30) ACC 220
3. Mohd. Daud Vs. Supdt. of Distt. Jail, Moradabad, 1993 ALJ 430 (All—D.B.)---
This judgment has been circulated amongst the judicial officers of the State of U.P. by
the Allahabad High Court vide C.L. No. 58/23-11-1992 for observance.
99.2. Bail u/s 81 CrPC: As regards the question of grant of bail u/s 81 of the CrPC, the
second proviso to Sec. 81(1) CrPCand the third proviso added in U.P. in 1984 to Sec.
81(1) CrPCread as under :
4. Second Proviso : “Provided further that if the offence is a non-bailable one, it shall
be lawful for the Chief Judicial Magistrate (subject to the provisions of Sec. 437), or
the Sessions Judge, of the district in which the arrest is made on consideration of the
information and the documents referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 78, to release
such person on bail.”
5. Third Proviso : “Provided also that where such person is not released on bail or
where he fails to give such security as aforesaid, the Chief Judicial Magistrate in the
case of a non-bailable offence or any Judicial Magistrate in the case of a bailable
offence may pass such orders as he thinks fit for his custody till such time as may be
necessary for his removal to the Court which issued that warrant.”
99.3. Relying upon a Constitution Bench Decision of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sarabjit
Singh Vs. The State of Punjab, AIR 1980 SC 1632 (SC : Constt. Bench), the Gauhati High
Court has, in the case of State of Manipur Vs. Vikas Yadav, 2000 CrLJ 4229, held that
power to grant bail u/s 81(1) CrPCis not available at pre-arrest stage. This power is
available only at the post-arrest stage.
99.4. Second proviso to Sec. 81 is limited to the jurisdiction of court in the matter of granting
bail to a person arrested in execution of a warrant issued u./s. 78 CrPCIf the accused is not
arrested in execution of warrant issued u/s 78 CrPC, Magistrate having jurisdiction over
place of arrest has no jurisdiction to grant bail to accused. See : Arun Kumar Singh Vs.
State (NCT of Delhi), 1999 CrLJ 4021 (Delhi High Court).
100. Accused to be conveyed back to the prison from where he was brought
on production warrant issued u/s 267 Cr PC : Sec. 267 & 270 of the Cr Pc read
together contain a clear legislative mandate that when a prisoner already confined in a
prison is produced before another criminal court for answering to a charge of an offence,
and is detained in or near such court for the purpose, on the court dispensing with his
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further attendance, has to be conveyed back to the prison from where he was brought for
such attendance. See: Mohammad Daud @ Mohammad Saleem Vs. Superintendent of
District Jail, Moradabad, 1993 Cr LJ 1358 (All—DB) (paras 69 & 70)
Note---The ruling in Mohammad Daud @ Mohammad Saleem Vs. Superintendent of
District Jail, Moradabad, 1993 Cr LJ 1358 (All—DB) has been circulated by the Hon’ble Allahabad
High Court amongst the Judicial Officers of the State of UP Vide C.L. No. 58/23-11-1992 for
observance.
101. Accused to be released if no fresh production warrant u/s 267 Cr PC is
issued after expiry of date mentioned in the earlier production warrant :
Where no fresh production warrant u/s 267 of the Cr PC was issued by the court after the
expiry of the date mentioned in the earlier production warrant, it has been held that the
accused is liable to be released from custody as the production warrant issued u/s 267 Cr
PC cannot be treated as custody warrant for purposes of Sec. 167 of the Cr PC. See:
Nabbu Vs State of UP, 2006 Cr LJ 2260 (All-DB)
102. Mere issuance of production warrant u/s 267 Cr PC not sufficient to entertain
bail application unless the accused is in the custody of the court : Only that
court can consider and dispose of the bail application either u/s 437 or u/s 439 Cr PC in
whose custody the accused is for the time being and mere issuance of production warrant
u/s 267 Cr PC is not sufficient to deem the custody of that court which issued such
warrant unless the accused is actually produced in that court in pursuance of such
production warrant. See:
1. Pawan Kumar Pandey Vs. State of UP, 1997 Cr LJ 2686 (All--L B)
2. Pramod Kumar Vs. Ramesh Chandra, 1991 Cr LJ 1063 (All)
103. Accused summoned on production warrant u/s 267 CrPC not to be
released even when granted bail: An accused detained in one case and produced
before another court in pursuance of production warrant and granted bail in the
case pending before the transferee court is not entitled to be released despite grant of bail.
See: Mohammad Daud @ Mohammad Saleem Vs. Superintendent of District Jail,
Moradabad, 1993 Cr LJ 1358 (All—DB) (paras 73)
Note : The ruling in Mohammad Daud @ Mohammad Saleem Vs. Superintendent of District Jail, Moradabad,
1993 Cr LJ 1358 (All—DB) has been circulated by the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court amongst the Judicial
Officers of the State of UP Vide C.L. No. 58/23-11-1992 for observance.

104. Production warrant issued u/s 267 CrPC must be endorsed by an

Executive Magistrate or a Police Officer not below the rank of SHO with
in whose jurisdiction :
105. Compromise & Bail : Where the High Court had granted bail to the accused on the
basis of assurance to compromise the case with the victim and subsequently cancelled the
bail of the accused on the ground of breach of assurance to compromise, the Supreme
Court has held that grant of bail to an accused on the ground of assurance of compromise
is not permissible u/s 437/439 CrPCas the bail can be granted only on the grounds what
have been provided u/s 437 & 439 CrPCThe subsequent cancellation of bail by the High
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Court on the ground of breach of assurance to compromise has also been held
impermissible by the Supreme Court by laying down that bail once granted cannot be
cancelled on a ground alien to the grounds mentioned in Sec. 437 CrPCSee: Biman

Chatterjee Vs. Sanchita Chatterjee, (2004) 3 SCC 388

106. Bail u/s 88 CrPC: An accused of a complaint case, on appearance before court, cannot
claim to be released u/s 88 CrPCon bail on his personal bond only. But the accused would
have to apply for bail under chapter XXXIII CrPCi.e. Sec. 436, 437 CrPCand in case the
offence is non-bailable, he may or may not be granted bail. See: Chheda Lal Vs.

State of U.P., 2002 (44) ACC 286 (All).

107. Bail in complaint cases: Giving approval to the Principles of Law laid down in
Chheda Lal Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (44) ACC 286 (All) and interpreting the law of bail to
an accused person u/s 436, 437 CrPCin complaint cases and bail to any other person like
witnesses u/s 88 Cr.P.C., a Division Bench of Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in Criminal
Misc. Application No. 8810 of 1989, Babu Lal & others Vs. Smt. Momina Begum &
Criminal Misc. No. 8811 of 1989, Parasnath Dubey & others Vs. State of U.P. & others
decided on 23.3.2006 and circulated by Hon’ble Allahabad High Court amongst the
judicial officers of the State of U.P. vide C.L. No. 33/2008, dated 7.8.2008 has ruled as
thus:“Where Sections 436 and 437 Cr.P.C., under the provisions of Chapter XXXIII
would be applicable would not be dealt with by the procedure u/s 88, inasmuch as, the
considerations for granting bail are different and includes several other aspects, which are
not to be considered while applying Sec. 88. For example, where a person is accused of a
bailable offence and process is issued, as and when he appears before the Court either
after his arrest or detention or otherwise, if he shows his readiness to give bail to the
Court, he shall be released on bail. Therefore, a person accused of a bailable offence needs
to be personally present before the Court and has to be ready to give bail before he has to
be released on bail. But where a person is accused of non-bailable offence, as and when he
appears before the Court whether by arrest or detention or otherwise, he may be released
on bail by a Court other then High Court and the Court of Sessions u/s 437, CrPCsubject
to satisfaction of certain conditions, namely, that he does not reasonably appear to have
been guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life. The condition of
not releasing the person on bail with respect to offence punishable with death or
imprisonment for life is not applicable where such person is under 16 years of age or is a
woman or is sick or infirm subject to the conditions, as the Court may deem fit, may be
imposed. Therefore, the power to release on bail u/s 437, CrPCis restricted and subject to
certain conditions which cannot be made redundant by taking recourse to Sec. 88
CrPCwhere process has been issued taking cognizance of a complaint, where the
allegations of commission of non cognizable offence has been made against person. These
are illustrative and not exhaustive but are necessary to demonstrate that Sec. 88, in all
such matters will have no application. This also shows that by necessary implication Sec.
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88 in such general way, cannot be applied and has no scope for such application. Where
there is overlapping power or provision, but one provision is specific while other is
general, the law is well settled that specific and special provision shall prevail over the
general provision in the matter of accused. Since the procedure with respect to bail and
bonds, is provided under Chapter 33 of CrPCin our view, Sec. 88 would not be attracted.
The power u/s 88 is much wider. When the accused approaches the Court for bail, the
Magistrate in its discretion may require him to execute bail bonds, since the language of
statutes u/s 88 CrPCis wider and the objective and purpose is to ensure the presence of the
person concerned. Therefore, speaking generally, it may be said that where an accused is
entitled to approach the Court for bail u/ss. 436 and 437 Cr.P.C., he may also be governed
by Sec. 88 Cr.P.C., which is not qualified and encompass within its ambit an accused, a
witness or any other person. However, Sections 436 and 437 CrPCdeal only with the
“accused person”. Although the word ‘person’ has also been used in Sections 436 and 437
CrPCbut it is qualified with the word “accused” and therefore, the aforesaid provisions are
applicable only to such category of persons, who are accused of bailable or non-bailable
offence. It may thus be said, referring to Sec. 88, in respect of accused, that, it may have
applicable where the Court has issued process to an accused but it has not actually been
served upon him and yet if he appears before the Court, in such cases the Court is
empowered to ask for bail bonds from such accused person to ensure his presence before
the Court in future. This is one aspect and demonstrates that the scope of Sections 88 and
89 CrPCis much wider qua Sec. 436 and 437 Cr.P.C.Thus, we are of the view that the case
which will be governed by the Sections 436 and 437 CrPCit is not necessary to apply the
provisions of Sec. 88 of CrPCfor the reason that Sections 436 and 437 Cr.P.C., are
specific provisions and deal with particular kind of cases, whereas the scope of Sections
88 and 89 CrPCis much wider as discussed above. The case in which Section 436 CrPCis
applicable, an accused person has to appear before the Court and thereafter only the
question of granting bail would arise. Any one, who is an accused, has been conferred a
right to appear before the Court and if the Court is prepared to give bail, he shall be
released on bail. The same equally applies with respect to Sec. 437 CrPCalso. Therefore,
where a summon or warrant is issued by a Court in respect of an accused, the procedure
u/s 436 and 437 CrPChas to be followed and summons or warrant, which have been
issued by the Court, have to be executed and honoured. The necessary corollary would be
that Sections 88 and 89 CrPCas such, would not be attracted in such cases. However we
make it further clear that considering the language of aforesaid provisions, whether the
bail bond is required to be executed u/s 88 CrPCor the Court gives bail u/s 436 and 437
Cr.P.C., the appearance of the person before the Court is must and can not be dispensed
with at all.”
108. Sec. 88 & 319 CrPC: Relying upon an earlier decision of Allahabad High Court
reported in Vedi Ram @ Medi Ram Vs. State of U.P., 2003 ALJ 55 (All), the Allahabad
High Court has held that an accused who has been summoned by court u/s 319
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CrPCcannot be granted bail u/s 88 CrPCas once a person has been arraigned as accused
u/s 319 CrPChe stands on the same footing as the other accused against whom police had
filed charge sheet, therefore, it is obligatory for the Court to send him to judicial custody
on his appearance. See: Mumkad Vs. State of UP, 2003 CrLJ 4649 (All)

109. Bail to juvenile u/s 12 of the Juvenile Justice : (Care & Protection of
Children) Act, 2000 : According to Sec. 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection
of Children) Act, 2000, irrespective of the nature of the offence (bailable or non-bailable),
a juvenile in conflict with law cannot be denied bail by the JJ Board or the court except
for the following three reasons -----
(i) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the release is likely to bring
him into association with any known criminals or
(ii) that he would be exposed to moral, physical or psychological danger or,
(iii) that his release on bail would defeat the ends of justice.
For the law of bail of juveniles, as quoted above, kindly see the rulings noted below----
1. Jaswant Kumar Saroj Vs. State of U.P., 2008 (63) ACC 190 (All)
2. Sanjay Chaurasia Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (55) SCC 480
3. Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (6) ALJ 205 (Allahabad)
4. Ankita Upadhyay Vs. State of U.P., 2006 (55) ACC 759 (Allahabad)
5. Pratap Singh Vs. State of Jharkhand, AIR 2005 SC 2731
6. Pankaj Vs. State of U.P., 2003 (46) ACC 929 (Allahabad)

Note: In the cases of Mohd. Amir Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (45) ACC 94 (All) & Sant Das
alias Shiv Mohan Singh Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (45) ACC 1157 (All), Allahabad High
Court has held that if the JJ Board is not constituted the accused/juvenile may move his
bail application u/s 437 of the CrPCbefore the Magistrate having jurisdiction and in case
the bail application is rejected by the Magistrate, the juvenile may move his application
u/s 439 of the CrPCbefore the Sessions Judge but he cannot directly move his bail
application before the High Court u/s 439 CrPCLikewise where the JJ Board is not
constituted and unless the bail application is rejected by the Magistrate concerned u/s 437
Cr.P.C., the same cannot be directly heard by the Sessions Judge u/s 439 Cr.P.C.
The relevant provisions regarding bail of juvenile contained under the Juvenile
Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 are as under-----
Rule 13(1)(c)- release the juvenile in the supervision or custody of fit persons or fit
institutions or probation officers as the case may be, through an order in Form-I,
with a direction to appear or present a juvenile for an inquiry on a next date.
Rule 17(1)- The officer-in-charge shall maintain a register of the cases of juveniles in
conflict with law to be released on the expiry of the period of stay as ordered by
the Board.
Rule 17(4)- The timely information of the release of a juvenile and of the exact date of
release shall be given to the parent or guardian and the parent or guardian shall be
invited to come to the institution to take charge of the juvenile on that date.
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Rule 17(6)- If the parent or guardian, as the case may be, fails to come and take charge of
the juvenile on the appointed date, the juvenile shall be taken by the escort of the
institution; and in case of a girl, she shall be escorted by a female escort.
Rule 17(8)- If the juvenile has no parent or guardian, he may be sent to an aftercare
organization, or in the event of his employment, to the person who has undertaken
to employ the juvenile.
Rule 17(13)- Where a girl has no place to go after release and requests for stay in the
institution after the period of her stay is over, the officer-in-charge may, subject to
the approval of the competent authority, allow her stay till the time some other
suitable arrangements are made.

110. 5th bail application of juvenile allowed by High Court u/s 12 : Where the
age of a juvenile involved in the commission of offences u/s 302, 364-A, 201
of the IPC was not determined by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Ghaziabad and
the four successive bail applications were rejected by treating the juvenile as
major, the Allahabad High Court allowed the 5th bail application by holding
the accused as juvenile. See : Surendra Vs. State of UP, 2014 (84) ACC 60
(All)(DB).
111. Form of Personal Bond & Bail Bonds for Juvenile : In case a juvenile is
released on bail, rules 15 & 79 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of
Children) Rules, 2007 requires special personal bond on prescribed format (given below)
from the juvenile and the guardian/parent/other fit person in whose custody the juvenile is
placed :
FORM V
[Rules 15(5) and 79(2)]
UNDERTAKING/BOND TO BE EXECUTED BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN/RELATIVE/
FIT PERSON IN WHOSE CARE A JUVENILE IS PLACED

Whereas I…………………… being the parent, guardian, relative or fit person

under whose care…………..(name of the juvenile) has been ordered to be placed by the
Juvenile Justice Board……………………… have been directed by the said Board to
execute an undertaking/bond with surety in the sum of
Rs…………(Rupees………………….) or without surety. I hereby bind myself on the
said……………………….being placed under my care. I shall have the said
…………………. Properly taken care of and I do further bind myself to be responsible for
the good behaviour of the said……………… and to observe the following conditions for
a period of…………………… years w.e.f………………..
1. That I shall not change my place of residence without giving previous
intimation in writing to the Juvenile Justice Board through the Probation
Officer/Case Worker;
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2. That I shall not remove the said juvenile from the limits of the jurisdiction of
the Juvenile Justice Board without previously obtaining the written permission
of the Board;
3. That I shall send the said juvenile daily to school/to such vocation as is
approved by the Board unless prevented from so doing by circumstances
beyond control;
4. That I shall send the said juvenile to an Attendance Centre regularly unless
prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond my control;
5. That I shall report immediately to the Board whenever so required by it;
6. That I shall produce the said juvenile in my care before the Board, if he/she
does not follow the orders of Board or his/her behaviour is beyond control;
7. That I shall render all necessary assistance to the Probation Officer/Case
Worker to enable him to carry out the duties of supervision;
8. in the event of my making default herein, I undertake to produce myself before
the Board for appropriate action or bind myself, as the case may be, to forfeit
to Government the sum of Rs. …………(Rupees…………………)
Dated…………………….…….this…………………………….day
of……………………..20…………………
Signature of person executing the Undertaking/Bond.
(Signed before me)
Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board
Additional conditions, if any, by the Juvenile Justice Board may entered numbering them
properly;
I/We ………………………… of………………………. (place of residence with
full particulars) hereby declare myself/ourselves as surety/sureties for the
aforesaid…………………. (name of the person executing the undertaking/bond) to
adhere to the terms and conditions of this undertaking/bond. In case of
…………………………. (name of the person executing the bond) making fault therein,
I/We hereby bind myself/ourselves jointly or severally to forfeit to government the sum of
Rs. ………. (Rupees……………..)dated this the …………..day of………..
20………………. in the presence of…………………………

Signature of Surety(ies)
(Signed before me)
Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board

FORM VI
[Rules 15(6) and 79(2)]
PERSONAL BOND BY JUVENILE/CHILD

Personal Bond to be signed by juvenile/child who has been ordered under

Clause………………. Of sub-section……………….. of Section……………. of the Act.
Whereas, I ………………………………….. inhabitant of …………………..
(give full particulars such as house number, road, village/town, tehsil, district,
state)………………………… have been ordered to be sent back/restored to my native
place by the Juvenile Justice Board/Child Welfare Committee………………………..
under section……………. of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act,
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2000 on my entering into a personal bond under sub-rule…………………….. of rule

……………. and sub-rule …………….. of rule …………. of these Rules to observe the
conditions mentioned herein below. Now, therefore, I do solemnly promise to abide by
these conditions during the period…………………..
I hereby bind myself as follows:
1. That during the period……………… I shall not ordinary leave the
village/town/district to which I am sent and shall not ordinarily return to
…………….. or go anywhere else beyond the said district without the prior
permission of the Board/Committee.
2. That during the said period I shall attend school/vocational training in the
village/town or in the said district to which I am sent;
3. That in case of my attending school/vocational training at any other place in the
said district I shall keep the Board/Committee informed of my ordinary place of
residence.
I hereby acknowledge that I am aware of the above conditions which have been
read over/explained to me and that accept the same.
(Signature or thumb impression of the juvenile/child)
Certified that the conditions specified in the above order have been read over/explained to
(Name of juvenile/child)………………………. and that he/she has accepted them as the
conditions upon which his/her period of detention/placement in safe custody may be
revoked.
Certified accordingly that the said juvenile/child has been released/relived on
the…………………
Signature and Designation of the certifying authority
i.e. Officer-in-charge of the institution

112. Death penalty u/s 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 ultra vires : Mandatory death penalty
u/s 27 (3) of the Arms Act, 1959 is ultra vires the Constitution and void as it is in
violation of Articles 13, 14 & 21 of the Constitution. See: State of Punjab Vs.
Dalbir Singh, (2012) SCC 346
113. Bail in economic offences requires different approach : Economic offences
constitute a class apart and need to be visited with a different approach in the matter of
bail. The economic offence having deep rooted conspiracies and involving huge loss of
public funds needs to be viewed seriously and considered as grave offences affecting the
economy of the country as a whole and thereby posing serious threat to the financial
health of the country. While granting bail, the Court has to keep in mind the nature of
accusations, the nature of evidence in support thereof, the severity of the punishment
which conviction will entail, the character of the accused, circumstances which are
peculiar to the accused, reasonable possibility of securing the presence of the accused at
the trial, reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being tampered with, the larger
interests of the public/State and other similar considerations. See :
(i) Nimmagadda Prasad Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, (2013) 7 SCC 466 (para 23, 24 & 25)
(ii) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, AIR 2013 SC 1933 (para 15 &
16).
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114. Bail under U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970 [U.P. Control of Goondas
Rules, 1970] : As held by Allahabad High Court, the Judicial Magistrate is empowered
to grant remand of the accused u/s 167 CrPCto police or judicial custody for the offences
under U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970. A Judicial Magistrate or the Sessions Judge or
Addl. Sessions Judge are also empowered to hear and dispose of bail application of an
accused under the 1970 Act as the provisions of bail contained in Chapter XXXIII of the
CrPCi.e. Sec. 437 or 439 CrPCare applicable. Since the contravention of Sec. 3 of the Act
is punishable u/s 10 of the 1970 Act which provides imprisonment upto three years but not
less than six months and as such as per Sec. 2(x) of the CrPCprocedure for warrant cases
would apply. Judicial Magistrate has also jurisdiction to take cognizance of the offences
under the 1970 Act u/s 190 CrPCand has also jurisdiction to try the cases as warrant case
as the penalty provided u/s 10 of the 1970 Act is imprisonment upto three years but not
below six months and fine. See: Mahipal Vs. State of U.P., 1998 (36) ACC 719 (All)
Note: Certain other important rulings on U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970 are as
under----

1. Jainendra Vs. State of U.P., 2007 (57) ACC 791 (All—D.B.)--- Requirement of
notice u/s 3 of the 1970 Act discussed.
2. Ashutosh Shukla Vs. State of U.P., 2003 (47) ACC 881 (All—D.B.)--- Validity
of notice u/s 3 of the 1970 Act discussed.
3. Rakesh Kumar Singh Vs. State of U.P., 1998 (37) ACC 48 (All—D.B.)--- Case on
validity of notice u/s 3(1) of the 1970 Act.
4. Ramji Pandey Vs. State of U.P., 1982 (19) ACC 6 (All—F.B.) (Summary)

115. Necessary conditions for grant of bail u/s 37 of the NDPS Act must be
fulfilled : The following twin conditions prescribed u/s 37(1)(b)(ii) of the
NDPS Act, 1985 must be fulfilled before grant of bail to an accused of
offences under the said Act :
(i) That there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not
guilty.
(ii) That the accused is not likely to commit any offence while on bail.See:
(i) Union of India Vs. Shiv Shanker Kesari, (2007) 7 SCC 798
(ii) Superintendent, Narcotics Central Bureau, Chennai Vs. R.
Paulsamy, 2001 CrLJ 117 (SC)
115. Jurisdiction of Magistrates and Special Judges under NDPS Act, 1985 :
As regards the jurisdiction of Magistrates and the Special Judges for conducting enquiries
or trial or regarding other proceedings under the provisions of NDPS Act, 1985, the
Hon’ble Allahabad High Court, in compliance with the order of the High Court (by
Hon’ble Justice B.K. Rathi), in the matter of Criminal Misc. Application No. 1239 of
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2002, Rajesh Singh Vs. State of U.P. vide C.L. No.31/2006, dated 7.8.2006 has issued
following directions to the judicial officers in the State of U.P.---
“….the original provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985 has been substantially amended
by the amending Act No. 9 of 2001, Section 36-A of the original Act provided for trial of
offences under the Act by the Special Courts. This section has been amended and
amended sub clause 1(a), which is relevant for the purpose of this petition is extracted
below:
Section 36-A --- “Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973 (2 of 1974)-
a) all offences under this Act which are punishable with imprisonment for a term of
more than three years shall be triable only by the Special Court constituted for the area in
which the offence has been committed or where there are more Special Courts than one
for such area, by such one of them as may be specified in this behalf by the Government.”
Sub-clause (5) of the said section is also relevant and is extracted below:
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
1974), the offences punishable under this act with imprisonment for a term of not more
than three years may be tried summarily.”
4. From the perusal of the above provision alongwith Section 4 of the Cr.P.C., it is clear that
in case the punishment provided for the offence under the NDPS Act is more than three
years, the offence is triable by Special Court and to that extent the provision of Section
36-A NDPS Act over rides the provisions of the CrPCThe trial for offences under the
NDPS Act which are punishable for imprisonment of three years or less should be a
summary trial by the Magistrate under Chapter XXI of the CrPCFor the purpose to further
clarify the position of law it is also necessary to refer to Section 4 CrPCwhich is as
follows:-
Section 4 “Trial of offences under the Indian penal Code and other laws – (1) All offences
under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) shall be investigated, enquired into, tried, and
otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained.
(2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, enquired into, tried, and otherwise
dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time
being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, enquiring into, trying or
otherwise dealing with such offences.
5. The above clause (2) therefore, show that all the offences should be tried according to the
provisions of CrPCexcept where there is special provision in any other enactment
regarding the trial of any offences. Section 36-A of NDPS Act only provide for trial by
Special Courts for offences punishable under NDPS Act with imprisonment for a term of
more than three years only. Therefore, if an offence is punishable with imprisonment for a
term upto three years, it shall have to be tried by the Magistrate in accordance with the
provision of Section 4(2) Cr.P.C.
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6. It will not be out of place to mention that after the enforcement of amending Act No. 9 of
2001 this procedure for trial has to be followed for all the offences irrespective of the date
of commission of the offence. It is basic principle of law that amendment in procedural
law will apply to the pending cases also. Not only this there is also specific provision
regarding it in amending Act No. 9 of 2001. Section 41 of the Act provides as follows:-
Section 41: “Application of this Act to pending cases—(1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in sub section (2) of Section 1, all cases pending before the Courts or under
investigation at the commencement of this Act shall be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of the principal act as amended by this Act and accordingly, any person found
guilty of any offence punishable under the principal Act, as it stood immediately before
such commencement, shall be liable for a punishment before such commencement, shall
be liable for a punishment which is lesser than the punishment for which he is otherwise
liable at the date of the commission of such offence:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to cases pending in appeal.
(2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no act or omission on the part
of any person shall be punishable as an offence which would not have been so punishable
if this Act has not come into force.”
Now the next question that arise for decision s as to what is the punishment
provided for the present offence under amended NDPS Act. It appears that the punishment
for recovery of Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substance has been divided in 3 categories
as mentioned in the table given at the end of the Act. In this table 2 columns No. 5 and 6
are material, the first is regarding the small quantity and the other is regarding commercial
quantity. The third category will follow from this table where the quantity is above small
quantify but is less than commercial quantity. The ganja has been given at live No. 55 of
this table, 1000 gm of ganja has been categorized as small quantity and 20 kg. of ganja has
been categorized as commercial quantity. Accordingly to the third category in respect of
recovery of ganja is above 1 kg. and below 20 kg.”

116 .Bail under Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 : Slaughtering of cow in
public gauge is a public offence and it offends religious faiths of a section of society and
such an act is liable to create communal tension between two communities and would
disturb the public tranquility of the area and the harmony between the people of divergent
sections of the society would be shattered. Act of cutting cows and calves pertains to
public order and the accused has no rights to break law and violate the provisions of the
U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 r/w. U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter
Rules, 1964 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 as the attitude of the
accused appeared to create communal tension. Such incidents are not only of law and
order problem but detention of the accused under the provisions of National Security Act,
1981 has also been upheld by the Allahabad High Court. See:
1. Naeem Vs. D.M., Agra, 2003 (47) ACC 185 (All—D.B.)
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2. Bhaddu Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (45) ACC 1085 (All—D.B.)

3. Nebulal Vs. D.M., Basti, 2002 (45) ACC 869 (All—D.B.)
4. Tauqeer Vs. State of U.P., 2002 (44) ACC 1088 (D.B.)

117. Transportation of bullocks not an offence: Interpreting the provisions of Sec. 5

& 8 of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, it has been held by the Allahabad
High Court that there is nothing in the Act prohibiting preparation for cow slaughtering
and transportation of bullocks is not an offence punishable under the Act as the Act
prohibits slaughter of cows or bullocks and possession of beef. See: Babu Vs. State of
U.P., 1991 (Suppl.) ACC 110 (All)0
118. Cow slaughtering found proved:Where the accused was found sitting by the side
of flesh and bone of slaughtered cow with axe, knife wood and legs of cow, the
slaughtering of cow was found proved. See: Safiq Vs. State of U.P., 1996 ACC

(Sum.) 39 (All)
119. Bail and release of cow prgeny: :While dealing with a matter of release of cow
progeny under the provisions of U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 r/w.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Hon’ble Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court
has made certain observations against the judicial officers of different cadres as under----
“Unfortunately the police of Uttar Pradesh is also helping such anti-social elements by
seizing the animals and vehicles carrying them, even no offence under Cow Slaughter Act
or Animals’ Cruelty Act is made out. Even more unfortunate state of affairs in Uttar
Pradesh is that the Magistrates and Judges in subordinate Courts are not looking in
subordinate Courts are not looking to this matter and either due to excessive devotion to
cow or lack of legal knowledge, they are not only declining to release the seized animals
or vehicles carrying them, but without applying their mind, they are rejecting the bail
applications also in such cases, although no offence under Cow Slaughter Act is made out
and all the offences under Animals’ Cruelty Act are bailable. While making inspection of
Rampur judgeship is Administrative Judge, I found that a large number of bail
applications in such cases were rejected not only by the Magistrate, but unfortunately the
then Sessions Judge and some Additional Sessions Judges also did not care to see whether
any offence under Cow Slaughter Act is made out or not and without applying the mind
bail applications even in those cases were rejected where two or three bullocks were being
carried on foot by the accused. This unfortunate practice of rejecting the bail applications
by merely seeing sections 3, 5, 5-A and 8 of Cow Slaughter Act in FIR is prevalent almost
in the whole Uttar Pradesh, which has been unnecessarily increasing the work load of
High Court. By declining bail to the accused persons under Cow Slaughter Act, although
no offence under this Act is made out and the offences punishable under Animals’ Cruelty
Act are bailable, the personal liberty of the accused protected under Article 21 of the
Constitution of India is also unnecessarily curtailed till their release on granting bail by
the High Court.” See: Asfaq Ahmad Vs. State of U.P., 2008 (63) ACC 938

(All)
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120. Plea of sanction u/s 197 CrPCat the time of Bail: Sec. 197 CrPCand Sec. 19 of
the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 operate in conceptually different fields. In cases
covered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in respect of public servants the
sanction is of automatic nature and thus factual aspects are of little or no consequence.
Conversely, in a case relatable to Sec. 197 Cr.P.C., the substratum and basic features of
the case have to be considered to find out whether the alleged act has any nexus to the
discharge of duties. Position is not so in case of Sec. 19 of the Prevention of Corruption
Act, 1988. Merely because there is any omission, error or irregularity in the matter of
according sanction that does not affect the validity of the proceeding unless the Court
records the satisfaction that such error, omission or irregularity has resulted in failure of
justice. See:
1. Paul Varghese Vs. State of Kerala, 2007 (58) ACC 258 (SC)
2. Lalu Prasad Yadav Vs. State of Bihar through CBI, (2007)1 SCC 49
3. Prakash Singh Badal Vs. State of Punjab, (2007) 1 SCC 1
4. State by Police Inspector Vs. T. Venkatesh Murthy, (2004)7 SCC 763

121. Subsequent sanction : Where the accused was discharged of the offences (under
POTA) for want of sanction, it has been held by Supreme Court can proceed against the
accused subsequent to obtaining sanction. See: Balbir Singh Vs. State of Delhi,

2007 (59) ACC 267 (SC)

122. Stage of raising plea of sanction : Plea of sanction can be raised only at the time of
taking cognizance of the offence and not against the registration of FIR, investigation,
arrest, submission of police report u/s 173(2) CrPCor remand of accused u/s 167
CrPCSee: State of Karnataka Vs. Pastor P. Raju, AIR 2006 SC 2825

123. Forged Bail Orders of High Court & Duty Of Subordinate Courts : Vide
C.L. No. 13, dated March 13, 1996, the Allahabad High Court has directed that in case it
comes to the notice of any subordinate court that some fake or forged bail order of the
High Court has been produced before it, the same must be brought to the knowledge of the
Hon’ble High Court for comprehensive enquiry and action.
124. Cautions in relation to forged bail orders :An accused or appellant should not
be released on bail by a Magistrate only on production of a copy of the order of bail
passed by High Court. It is necessary for a Magistrate to know the nature of an offence
with which the person to be released has been charged. For this purpose he should consult
his own records, or insist on the applicant supplying him with a copy of the grounds of
appeal or of the application for bail whenever a copy of the bail order alone is produced.
See—C.L. No. 7, dated 15th January, 1978.
125. Proviso to Sec. 437(1) CrPC & bail by Magistrate thereunder : In heinous
offences, an accused even if a woman, sick and old aged person (in this case u/s
302, 201 IPC) cannot seek bail under the aforesaid proviso treating it to be
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mandatory as the provisions of the proviso to Sec. 437(1) CrPC are only
directory/discretionary and not mandatory. See :
1. Chandrawati Vs. State of U.P., 1992 CrLJ 3634 (All)
2. Pramod Kumar Manglik Vs. Sudha Rani, 1989 All Cr.J. 1772 (All)(DB)

126. Proviso to Sec. 437(1) CrPC & bail by Magistrate thereunder : In heinous
offences, an accused even if a woman, sick and old aged person (in this case u/s
302, 201 IPC) cannot seek bail under the aforesaid proviso treating it to be
mandatory as the provisions of the proviso to Sec. 437(1) CrPC are only
directory/discretionary and not mandatory. See :
3. Chandrawati Vs. State of U.P., 1992 CrLJ 3634 (All)
4. Pramod Kumar Manglik Vs. Sudha Rani, 1989 All Cr.J. 1772 (All)(DB) :
By this Division Bench decision, the contrary single Judge decision in the case of
Shakuntala Devi Vs. State of U.P., 1986 CrLJ 365 (All) was overruled.

127. Bail in altered session triable offences : Where the accused was initially
granted anticipatory bail u/s 438 CrPC by the Sessions Judge for the offences u/s
498-A, 406, 306 IPC and after investigation of the matter and receipt of charge
sheet against the accused from I.O. for the offence u/s 302 IPC, the Magistrate
issued NBW against the accused for appearance and the accused was again directed
by the Sessions Judge u/s 438 CrPC to appear before the Magistrate and the
Magistrate then granted bail to the accused for altered graver offence u/s 302 IPC,
the Supreme Court has held thus” With the change of the nature of the offence, the
accused becomes disentitled to the liberty granted to him in relation to a minor
offence, if the offence is altered for an aggravated crime. In cases where the
offence is punishable with death or imprisonment for life which is triable
exclusively by a court of sessions, the Magistrate may, in his wisdom, refrain to
exercise the powers of granting the bail and refer the accused to approach the
higher courts unless he is fully satisfied that there is no reasonable ground for
believing that the accused has been guilty of an offence punishable with death or
imprisonment for life.” See : Prahlad Singh Bhati Vs. N.C.T., Delhi, 2001 (42)
ACC 903 (SC).
(B)

128. Bail by Magistrate u/s 437 CrPC for offences punishable with death or
life imprisonment : Section 437 CrPC severely curtails the powers of the
Magistrate to grant bail in the contexts of the commission of non bailable
offences punishable with death or life imprisonment for life while leaving
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that of the court of sessions and the High Court u/s 439 CrPC untouched and
unfattered. This is the only logical conclusion that can be arrive that on a
conjoint consideration of Section 437 & 439 CrPC. Obivously, in order to
complete the picture so for as concerns the powers and limitations thereto of
the court of sessions and the High Court, Section 439 CrPC would have to be
carefully considered. And when this is done, it will at once be evident that
the CrPC had placed an embargo against grantig relief to an accused
(couched by us in the negative) if he is not in custody. It seems to us that any
persisting ambivalance or doubt stands dispelled by the Proviso to this
Section which mandates only that the public prosecutor should be put on
notice. See : Sundeep Kumar Bafna Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2014
SC 1745.
129. Power of Magistrate u/s 437CrPC drastically different from that of
Sessions and High Court u/s 439 CrPC : There is no provision in Code of
Criminal Procedure curtailing the power of either the Sessions Court or High
Court to entertain and decide pleas for bail. Furthermore, it is incongruent
that in the face of the Magistrate being virtually disempowered to grant bail
in the event of detention or arrest without warrant of any person accused of
or suspected of the commission of any non-bailable offence punishable by
death or imprisonment for life, no Court is enabled to extend him succour.
Like the science of physics, law also abhors the existence of a vacuum, as is
adequately adumbrated by the common law maxim, viz. 'where there is a
right there is a remedy'. The universal right of personal liberty emblazoned
by Article 21 of our Constitution, being fundamental to the very existence of
not only to a citizen of India but to every person, cannot be trifled with
merely on a presumptive plane. Whilst Section 437 CrPC contemplates that
a person has to be accused or suspect of a non-bailable offence and
consequently arrested or detained without warrant, Section 439 CrPC
empowers the Sessions Court or High Court to grant bail if such a person is
in custody. The difference of language manifests the sublime differentiation
in the two provisions, and, therefore, there is no justification in giving the
word 'custody' the same or closely similar meaning and content as arrest or
detention. Furthermore, while Section 437 severally curtails the power of the
Magistrate to grant bail in the context of commission of non-bailable
offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life, the two higher
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Courts have only the procedural requirement of giving notice of the Bail
application to the Public Prosecutor, which requirement is also ignorable if
circumstances so demand. The regimes regulating the powers of the
Magistrate on the one hand and the two superior Courts are decidedly and
intentionally not identical, but vitally and drastically dissimilar. . See :
Sundeep Kumar Bafna Vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2014 SC 1745
(Para 8)
130. Bail by Magistrate in sessions triable offences : Relaying upon the decision
reported in vijay Kumar Vs. State of UP, 1989 (26) ACC 480 (All—DB), Prahlad
Singh Bhati Vs. NCT Delhi, AIR 2001 SC 1444 & Gurcharan Singh Vs. Delhi
Administration, AIR 1978 SC 179, it has been held by a Division Bench of the
Allahabad High Court in the case noted below that the inhibition on the powers of
the Magistrate to grant bail in view of section 437 CrPC applies to those Sessions
triable cases which are punishable with imprisonment for life or with death. Thus
the Magistrate is not incompetent to grant bail in appropriate sessions triable cases
which are not punishable with imprisonment for life or death. See : Sheoraj Singh
alias Chuttan Vs. State of UP, 2009 (65) ACC 781 (All)(DB)
131. Bail u/s 437(6) CrPC : Where the accused was facing trial before the
Magistrate for the offences u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and the case was
absolutely triable by Court of Magistrate and the accused was in jail since
18.05.2012 and charge was framed on 18.09.2012 but after elapse of 60 days
since the trail had commenced but yet not concluded, the accused was
granted bail (on second application) u/s 437(6) CrPC. See : Surendra Singh
Vs. State of UP, 2013 (82) ACC 867 (All).
132. Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court.--(1) Before
conclusion of the trial and before disposal of the appeal, the Court trying the
offence or the Appellate Court, as the case may be, shall require the accused to
execute bail bonds with sureties, to appear before the higher Court as and when
such Court issues notice in respect of any appeal or petition filed against the
judgment of the respective Court and such bail bonds shall be in force for six
months."
(2) If such accused fails to appear, the bond stand forfeited and the procedure
under section 446 shall apply."

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