Anticipatory bail cancellation requires cogent grounds; mere disagreement with the earlier order is insufficient.

Anticipatory bail already granted can be cancelled only on very cogent and overwhelming grounds, such as misuse of the concession or perversity in the original order. The appellants had joined the investigation and were interrogated more than once, and the bail order had been passed on consideration of the relevant facts and reasons. The High Court set aside the grant and confirmation of bail without properly addressing the record or showing that the earlier discretion was erroneous. The cancellation was therefore unsustainable, and the orders cancelling bail were set aside while the benefit of anticipatory bail was restored to the appellants.

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Issues: Whether the anticipatory bail granted to the appellants could be cancelled and whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the orders granting and confirming such bail.

Analysis: The appellants had joined the investigation when required and had been interrogated on more than one occasion. The order granting anticipatory bail had been passed after consideration of the relevant facts and reasons, and the later order confirming it showed that the concession had not been misused. Cancellation of bail already granted requires very cogent and overwhelming circumstances. The High Court did not properly consider the material on record or the reasons recorded by the court below, and the cancellation was made mechanically without showing how the discretion exercised in favour of the appellants was erroneous.

Conclusion: The cancellation of anticipatory bail was not justified and the orders of the High Court were unsustainable; the order confirming anticipatory bail was restored in favour of the appellants.

Final Conclusion: The appeals succeeded, the impugned orders were set aside, and the appellants retained the benefit of anticipatory bail.

Ratio Decidendi: Cancellation of bail already granted cannot rest on mere disagreement with the earlier order and requires very cogent and overwhelming grounds showing misuse or perversity in the grant of bail.

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