https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172937 Illegal detention and custodial assault rendered the applicants' statements unreliable for bail purposes, because restraint beyond the recorded arrest time, denial of legal access, and medical signs of injury showed coercive and unlawful detention; without strong independent corroboration, those statements could not justify continued custody. Section 37 of the NDPS Act was also construed as directed to the Special Court as the trial court, not as taking away the High Court's established bail jurisdiction under Section 439 CrPC. The commentary therefore states that statutory bail restrictions will not oust High Court power absent clear legislative words, and that bail may be granted despite the restrictions applicable to the Special Court. en-us Tue, 09 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:01:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172937 Illegal detention and custodial assault rendered the applicants' statements unreliable for bail purposes, because restraint beyond the recorded arrest time, denial of legal access, and medical signs of injury showed coercive and unlawful detention; without strong independent corroboration, those statements could not justify continued custody. Section 37 of the NDPS Act was also construed as directed to the Special Court as the trial court, not as taking away the High Court's established bail jurisdiction under Section 439 CrPC. The commentary therefore states that statutory bail restrictions will not oust High Court power absent clear legislative words, and that bail may be granted despite the restrictions applicable to the Special Court. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 09 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172937