https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468407 At the bail stage, the Court applied a prima facie assessment and found material contradictions between successive investigative versions, witness retractions, and disputes over reliance on confessional statements and alleged recovery evidence. Those changed circumstances, together with prolonged incarceration and the appellant's explanation that he attended meetings in the course of intelligence duties, justified bail without a trial-like examination of the merits. The Court also held that objections based on the special bail restriction and validity of sanction were not decisive for immediate bail and could be examined at trial. Bail was granted on this limited assessment. en-us Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468407 At the bail stage, the Court applied a prima facie assessment and found material contradictions between successive investigative versions, witness retractions, and disputes over reliance on confessional statements and alleged recovery evidence. Those changed circumstances, together with prolonged incarceration and the appellant's explanation that he attended meetings in the course of intelligence duties, justified bail without a trial-like examination of the merits. The Court also held that objections based on the special bail restriction and validity of sanction were not decisive for immediate bail and could be examined at trial. Bail was granted on this limited assessment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468407