ACHPAL @ RAMSWAROOP & ANOTHERversusSTATE OF RAJASTHAN
2018 INSC 85624 September 2018Leave Granted & Allowed
The appellants were arrested in connection with a multi‑offence FIR and remanded to police/magisterial custody on 8 April 2018. The High Court, on 3 July 2018, ordered that the investigation be conducted by a gazetted officer of at least the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police and that a report be filed within …
DR. SUBHASH KASHINATH MAHAJANversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.
2018 INSC 24820 March 2018Appeal(s) allowed
The appellant, Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan, a senior government official, was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for refusing sanction to prosecute two senior officers who had made adverse entries in his service record. He sought anticipatory bail and the quashing o…
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCYversusZAHOOR AHMAD SHAH WATALI
2019 INSC 4562 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought to deny bail to Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, accused No.10 in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) and several IPC offences, alleging he was a key fund‑raiser for terrorist activities. The Delhi High Court granted bail, holding that the charge‑sh…