https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469035 Bail orders were held unsustainable where the courts below ignored the accused's prior conduct in anticipatory bail proceedings, the undertakings recorded before the High Court, and the material collected in the charge-sheet. The SC found that mere filing of the charge-sheet and the absence of custodial interrogation did not, by themselves, justify bail without a meaningful assessment of the investigation record and the accused's earlier conduct. It also held that post-bail considerations could not retrospectively validate an otherwise flawed order, and the matter could not be treated as a simple cancellation case divorced from the underlying facts. The bail orders were quashed and the accused were directed to surrender. en-us Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 May 2026 11:52:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469035 Bail orders were held unsustainable where the courts below ignored the accused's prior conduct in anticipatory bail proceedings, the undertakings recorded before the High Court, and the material collected in the charge-sheet. The SC found that mere filing of the charge-sheet and the absence of custodial interrogation did not, by themselves, justify bail without a meaningful assessment of the investigation record and the accused's earlier conduct. It also held that post-bail considerations could not retrospectively validate an otherwise flawed order, and the matter could not be treated as a simple cancellation case divorced from the underlying facts. The bail orders were quashed and the accused were directed to surrender. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469035