In Brief
Dattatray Gore, a business manager, was arrested for misappropriating ₹1.6 crore from his employer. The High Court granted him regular bail on condition that he deposit ₹25 lakh within five months—a condition based on his own undertaking in an affidavit. Gore failed to deposit the amount and later claimed the condition was onerous. The Supreme Court dismissed his appeal and ruled that courts cannot grant bail based on monetary undertakings. Courts must decide bail on legal merits alone, not on financial conditions. The Court held that accused persons cannot voluntarily offer to deposit money to obtain bail and then renege on such undertakings. It directed all High Courts and Trial Courts nationwide never to grant conditional bail based on monetary deposits.
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