Robbery – Without commenting anything as regards merits, noticing that the petitioner behind bars since the last about 7 months and otherwise has a clean record and that none of the cited 9 PWs has been examined till date, further detention of the petitioner would not be justified – Petition accepted, petitioner ordered to be released on regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 28.10.2022

Parity -- High Court proceeded to grant bail to the respondent No. 2 only for the reason that identically placed co-accused persons had already been granted bail -- Order granting bail to the co-accused met with its strong disapproval by Supreme Court – High Court granted bail to the co-accused while ignoring the relevant considerations and with a mere reference to the mandate of Article 21 -- Impugned order set aside.

(SC) Decided on : 23.09.2022

Murder -- Custody period – Gruesome day-light murder of the son of the appellant with 8 grievous injuries, including those of incise wounds and stab wounds on and around the neck and the chest -- Respondent No. 2 had been in custody since 02.09.2019 or that he had no negative antecedents, by themselves, do not make out a case for grant of bail – Respondent No. 2 has specifically been named in the FIR as one of the assailants; and looking to the nature of the accusations and the nature of injuries, the prosecution case, prima facie, cannot dubbed as fanciful or improbable – Bail by High Court -- Impugned order set aside.

(SC) Decided on : 23.09.2022

POCSO matter – Ad-interim compensation as a ground -- High Court not adverted to the parameters of Section 439 Cr.P.C. which are required to be observed while granting or declining regular bail to an accused, especially when he is involved in a heinous crime -- Offer of payment of ad interim compensation to the victim cannot be a ground to release the accused on bail -- Impugned order set aside, High Court requested to hear and dispose of the bail application on merits within a period of three months -- Respondent ordered to be taken into custody and bail bond cancelled.

(SC) Decided on : 09.09.2022

Attempt to murder – No specific injury attributed to the petitioner -- General and oblivious allegations of causing injuries -- Even the injuries are on the non-vital parts of the body and the weapons claimed to have been used are blunt weapons – Petitioner is in custody since 19.04.2022 – No recovery is to be effected from the petitioner – Petitioner admitted to regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 21.06.2022

Excise matter – Total 120 bottles of liquor were recovered from the WagonR belonging to petitioner KS and 480 bottles of 750 ml each were recovered from the car belonging to the petitioner S@G -- Liquor, purchased by the petitioners from Chandigarh for onward sale in Ludhiana – Petitioners are in custody since 01.05.2022 and investigation is already complete and maximum prescribed sentence is three years -- Petitioners admitted to regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 21.06.2022

Murder – Unlawful assembly -- No specific injury attributed to the petitioner either on the person of the deceased or on the person of any of the injured -- Recovery of motor cycle has been shown from him -- It would be a matter of adjudication during trial as to whether the petitioner could be convicted with the aid of Section 149 IPC – Petitioner is in custody since 01.12.2021 and the investigation already stands completed, the further incarceration of the petitioner is not required – Petitioner ordered to be released on bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 13.06.2022

NDPS case – Recovery of 1 kg of opium – Petitioner behind bars since 16.04.2022 – Petitioner is facing another FIR, though not under NDPS Act – Keeping in view the fact that challan has not yet been presented and the trial is going to take long time, the petitioner held entitled for concession of regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 10.06.2022

Dacoity – Parity with co-accused -- Co-accused suffered disclosure statement, wherein he named the petitioner -- Custody since 20.09.2020, challan already stand presented -- Co-accused, who nominated the petitioner have already been granted concession of regular bail alongwith one more co-accused – Purely on the parity with co-accused, petition allowed and the petitioner ordered to be released on regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 10.06.2022

Murder case – Occurrence is of 16.08.2017 and the postmortem conducted on 05.09.2017 – As per the medical evidence “the death could have occurred 5 to 6 weeks prior to the postmortem examination” – As per the statement of PW-8, no cause of death could be ascertained in the case – Petitioner is behind the bars since 03.09.2017 and there is no other case pending against him -- Case is based on circumstantial evidence – Even on 25.08.2020 when the co-accused granted regular bail, it was contended that out of total 21 cited prosecution witnesses, 19 have already been examined – Regular bail granted to the petitioner.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 09.06.2022

Gang rape – Petitioner is approximately 18 years whereas the age of prosecutrix is 28 years, who is also the paternal aunt of the petitioner – Petitioner was arrested on 24.07.2021 and is in custody since then – Main witness has already been examined whereas nine other prosecution witnesses are yet to be examined -- Keeping in view the fact that the trial is not likely to be concluded in near future and the petitioner is in custody since 24.07.2021, the petition allowed and the petitioner ordered to be released on regular bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 08.06.2022

Rape case – Complicity of the petitioner in the offence would remain subject matter of debate before the Trial Court and the petitioner, who is in custody for the last more than 10 months would be entitled to be released on bail as 14 prosecution witnesses are yet to be examined -- Petitioner ordered to be released on bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 01.06.2022

Abduction – Petitioner nominated as an accused some secret information received subsequently -- Petitioner behind bars since the last about 1 year and 8 months and none of the cited 16 PWs has been examined and co-accused has already been released on bail – Petitioner ordered to be released on bail.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 05.11.2020

Kidnapping/ Abduction of girl -- Keeping in view the fact that the trial is likely to take some time to conclude and the fact that the prosecutrix has given statement that she has gone on its own with the accused, petitioner is ordered to be released on bail during pendency of the trial.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 10.07.2020