https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183943 In grave economic offence cases, bail pending investigation may be refused where the allegations are serious, the investigation remains ongoing, and release could influence witnesses or tamper with evidence. The Court treated economic offences as requiring special caution and considered the nature of the accusations, material collected, severity of punishment, the accused's character, likelihood of appearance at trial, and risk of interference with the process. Finding the investigation incomplete and the apprehension of obstruction credible, it declined bail at that stage, while leaving the accused free to seek bail again after completion of investigation and filing of the charge sheet(s). en-us Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 May 2025 16:59:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183943 In grave economic offence cases, bail pending investigation may be refused where the allegations are serious, the investigation remains ongoing, and release could influence witnesses or tamper with evidence. The Court treated economic offences as requiring special caution and considered the nature of the accusations, material collected, severity of punishment, the accused's character, likelihood of appearance at trial, and risk of interference with the process. Finding the investigation incomplete and the apprehension of obstruction credible, it declined bail at that stage, while leaving the accused free to seek bail again after completion of investigation and filing of the charge sheet(s). Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183943