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The Supreme Court examined six bail orders granted by the Gujarat High Court to accused involved in a violent incident that resulted in five homicides. The Court held that the High Court failed to consider the seriousness and gravity of the offences, the role of each accused, and the material evidence contained in the …

The State of Gujarat appealed a Gujarat High Court order that, under Section 482 of the CrPC, quashed an FIR in part for serious offences of dacoity (IPC ss. 392, 395, 397) while upholding it for lesser offences. The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in exercising its inherent powers to quash the FIR at a pr…

The appellants, accused in a brawl that resulted in two deaths, were granted bail by the Gujarat High Court on the condition that each deposit Rs.2 lakh as compensation to the victims' heirs. They challenged this condition, arguing that the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not empower a court to order compensatio…