https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284628 Police custody remains an exception and may be authorised only on clear, cogent, and judicially scrutinised grounds under Article 22(2), Section 57, and Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The text explains that a Magistrate must record strong, specific reasons showing genuine investigative necessity, and that this scrutiny becomes stricter once the accused has already been granted bail. On the stated facts, the absence of convincing reasons, together with the prior withdrawal of the complaint after compromise, made the grant of police remand unjustified and unsustainable. The commentary reaffirms that remand cannot be ordered mechanically or to dilute liberty already protected by bail. en-us Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284628 Police custody remains an exception and may be authorised only on clear, cogent, and judicially scrutinised grounds under Article 22(2), Section 57, and Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The text explains that a Magistrate must record strong, specific reasons showing genuine investigative necessity, and that this scrutiny becomes stricter once the accused has already been granted bail. On the stated facts, the absence of convincing reasons, together with the prior withdrawal of the complaint after compromise, made the grant of police remand unjustified and unsustainable. The commentary reaffirms that remand cannot be ordered mechanically or to dilute liberty already protected by bail. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284628