https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394792 Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure is intended to prevent an undertrial from remaining in custody beyond half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence, but its provisos preserve judicial discretion to refuse release even where that threshold is crossed. On the facts noted, the court treated the petitioner's claimed entitlement to bail as non-absolute because of the seriousness of the allegations, involvement in large-scale economic offences, and the broader prosecution arising from the same subject matter. The bail application was rejected. en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:53:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394792 Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure is intended to prevent an undertrial from remaining in custody beyond half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence, but its provisos preserve judicial discretion to refuse release even where that threshold is crossed. On the facts noted, the court treated the petitioner's claimed entitlement to bail as non-absolute because of the seriousness of the allegations, involvement in large-scale economic offences, and the broader prosecution arising from the same subject matter. The bail application was rejected. Case-Laws Money Laundering Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394792