Supreme Court of India
State Rep. by the Inspector of Police v. M. Murugesan & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we find that the order passed by the High Court on 24th April, 2019 is not sustainable in law and the same is set aside.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 – Bail application under – High Court after deciding the application retained the file and collected data from all the States and in its order gave observations regarding reforms in the criminal justice system – High Court also constituted a Committee and directed it to give its recommendations on the reforms – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Jurisdiction u/s. 439 is limited to grant or not to grant bail – The jurisdiction of High Court came to an end when an application for grant of bail was finally decided – High Court committed grave error in…
Authorities it was built on
- 2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc
- 1964 Gulabchand Chhotalal Parikh v. Siate of Bombay (now Gujarat)
- 1990 Mostt. Simrikhia v. Smt. Dolley Mukherjee @ Smt. Chhabi Mukherjee & Anr.
- 2008 Divine Retreat Centre v. State of Kerala & Ors.
- 2010 Reserve Bank of India v. Gm, Coope. Bank Deposit Ajc Hr. Sha & Ors.
- 2016 Mrs. Santosh Singh v. Union of India & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Seemant Kumar Singh v. Mahesh Ps & Ors.
- 2026 The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Anurudh
- 2025 Union of India Thr. I.O. Narcotics Control Bureau v. Man Singh Verma
- 2025 K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2023 Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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