https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73632 In bail matters involving serious customs smuggling, the dominant considerations remain the gravity of the offence, prima facie material, and the real risk of absconding; those factors justified setting aside the bail order where foreign nationals faced a substantial flight risk. The first proviso to Section 437(1) does not make release mandatory merely because the accused is a woman, and Section 437(6) is counted from the first date fixed for recording evidence after charge, not from pre-charge evidence in a complaint case. Compassionate grounds such as illness of a child did not outweigh custody where medical care was available. en-us Wed, 09 Dec 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:02:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73632 In bail matters involving serious customs smuggling, the dominant considerations remain the gravity of the offence, prima facie material, and the real risk of absconding; those factors justified setting aside the bail order where foreign nationals faced a substantial flight risk. The first proviso to Section 437(1) does not make release mandatory merely because the accused is a woman, and Section 437(6) is counted from the first date fixed for recording evidence after charge, not from pre-charge evidence in a complaint case. Compassionate grounds such as illness of a child did not outweigh custody where medical care was available. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Dec 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73632