In Brief
A man challenged a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to a known gangster with 45 previous FIRs and a gang of 58 members. The man alleged the accused threatened him and demanded he withdraw a complaint. The Supreme Court upheld the bail, holding that where offences are not heinous (here, triable by Magistrate), the High Court's grant of bail will not be cancelled unless the High Court committed a serious legal error. The Court stressed that cancellation of bail requires cogent circumstances beyond mere disagreement with discretion exercised. However, bail was made conditional on monthly police reporting and abstinence from criminal activity."
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