Supreme Court of India

Bhoopendra Singh v. The State of Rajasthan

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.

Decided 29 October 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the Single Judge at the Jaipur Bench of the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan dated 11 August 2021 in SB Criminal Miscellaneous Fifth Bail Application No. 11627 of 2021.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Bail: Grant of – Correctness of – On facts, 60 year old women accused of murder of village sarpanch – Case of previous enimity between accused and the victim – Four previous bail application rejected – Fifth bail application granted by the High Court – Sustainability of – Held: Not sustainable – High Court failed to notice relevant circumstances bearing on the seriousness and gravity of the crime and the specific role attributed to the accused – High Court proceeded on the erroneous basis that no specific or overt act attributed to the accused – Also, there was no change in circumstances…

Authorities it was built on

2021 Ramesh Bhavan Rathod v. Vishanbhai Hirabhai Makwana Makwana (koli) & Anr. cited by 14
2017 Virupakshappa Gouda and Another v. The State of Karnataka and Another cited by 3
2018 The State of Orissa v. Mahimananda Mishra cited by 2
2021 Harjit Singh v. Inderpreet Singh @ Inder and Another cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Pinki v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. referred to
2025 State of Karnataka v. Sri Darshan Etc. mentioned
2025 Vishu Vardhan @ Vishnu Pradhan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. mentioned
2022 Sunil Kumar v. The State of Bihar and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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