Bail cancellation requires compelling supervening circumstances; revision against a bail order is barred as interlocutory.

An order granting or refusing bail is interlocutory, so revision under section 397(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is barred. Where cancellation of bail is sought, the proper remedy is section 439(2), and cancellation requires compelling supervening circumstances such as interference with justice, evasion of justice, abuse of liberty, or other material showing continued liberty is incompatible with a fair trial. On that basis, the revisional court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the challenge to the bail order, and the cancellation order was unsustainable; the original bail order was restored, subject to compliance with the Magistrate's conditions.

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Issues: Whether a criminal revision was maintainable against an order granting bail and whether the revisional court could cancel bail in the absence of the jurisdictional basis and the stringent considerations governing cancellation.

Analysis: An order granting or refusing bail is interlocutory in nature and does not determine final rights. Because of that character, revisional jurisdiction under section 397(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is barred. If cancellation of bail is sought, the proper course is to invoke section 439(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Cancellation of bail already granted stands on a different footing from refusal of bail at the initial stage and requires cogent and overwhelming circumstances such as interference with the administration of justice, evasion of justice, abuse of the liberty granted, or other supervening circumstances showing that continued liberty is no longer conducive to a fair trial.

Conclusion: The revisional court had no jurisdiction to entertain the revision against the bail order, and the cancellation order was unsustainable.

Final Conclusion: The impugned order cancelling bail was quashed and the original bail order was restored, with the applicants required to continue compliance with the conditions imposed by the Magistrate.

Ratio Decidendi: An order granting or refusing bail is an interlocutory order, revision against it is barred under section 397(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and cancellation of bail can be ordered only under section 439(2) on the basis of compelling supervening circumstances.

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