https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303772 In a multi-victim economic offence alleging cheating and criminal breach of trust, seriousness of the accusation alone was held insufficient to deny bail. As investigation was substantially complete, the chargesheet and supplementary chargesheet had been filed, and the material against the petitioners was largely documentary and already with the investigating agency, continued custody was found unnecessary. The Court reiterated that pre-trial detention must rest on necessity such as flight risk, tampering with evidence, or interference with witnesses. On that basis, the petitioners were granted regular bail on conditions. en-us Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:31:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303772 In a multi-victim economic offence alleging cheating and criminal breach of trust, seriousness of the accusation alone was held insufficient to deny bail. As investigation was substantially complete, the chargesheet and supplementary chargesheet had been filed, and the material against the petitioners was largely documentary and already with the investigating agency, continued custody was found unnecessary. The Court reiterated that pre-trial detention must rest on necessity such as flight risk, tampering with evidence, or interference with witnesses. On that basis, the petitioners were granted regular bail on conditions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303772