https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417508 In a prosecution alleging conspiracy, cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and corruption arising from the APSSDC project, the HC granted bail because the investigation was substantially documentary, the petitioners had already been interrogated, and relevant devices and records had been seized. The Court noted that police custody had earlier been declined for want of necessity, the investigation was still continuing, and the prosecution case depended mainly on records and reports rather than further custodial interrogation. Applying the principle that bail is the rule and jail the exception, and taking account of the petitioners' undertaking to cooperate, continued judicial custody was held unjustified and bail was ordered. en-us Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:45:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417508 In a prosecution alleging conspiracy, cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and corruption arising from the APSSDC project, the HC granted bail because the investigation was substantially documentary, the petitioners had already been interrogated, and relevant devices and records had been seized. The Court noted that police custody had earlier been declined for want of necessity, the investigation was still continuing, and the prosecution case depended mainly on records and reports rather than further custodial interrogation. Applying the principle that bail is the rule and jail the exception, and taking account of the petitioners' undertaking to cooperate, continued judicial custody was held unjustified and bail was ordered. Case-Laws Service Tax Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417508