Supreme Court of India
Shri P. Chidambaram v. Central Bureau of Investigation
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the appellant is entitled to be granted bail.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Bail: Grant or refusal of – Case registered by CBI against appellant–member of parliament and Senior member, u/s. 120B rw s. 420 IPC, ss. 8, 13(2) rw s. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Arrest of the appellant and since then appellant in custody – Bail application – High Court declined regular bail to appellant – On appeal, held: Appellant is not a “flight risk” and in view of the conditions imposed, there is no possibility of his abscondence from the trial – Statement of the prosecution that the appellant has influenced the witnesses and there is likelihood of his further…
Authorities it was built on
- 2002 Ram Govind Upadhyay v. Sudarshan Singh and Ors.
- 2005 State through C.B.I. v. Amarmani Tripthi
- 1980 Niranjan Singh & Anr. v. Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote & Ors.
- 2001 Puran Etc. Etc. v. Rambilas and Anr. Etc. Etc.
- 2001 Prahlad Singh Bhat v. N.C. T., Delhi and Anr.
- 2005 Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2018 Mahender Chawla & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Manish Sisodia v. Directorate of Enforcement
- 2023 Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- 2021 Naveen Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2020 Arnab Manoranjan Goswami v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Of those, 4 mentioned
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