In Brief
A person accused of cheating and fraud in connection with a real estate transaction was arrested in December 2018, nearly four years after the FIR was lodged. The Sessions Court rejected bail, but the High Court granted it. The Supreme Court dismissed the complainants' challenge to the bail order. The Court held that an accused cannot be penalized for delayed arrest if there is no evidence of deliberate evasion, and the grant of bail to one co-accused when others have received bail is not an error of discretion. The seriousness of allegations alone cannot justify denying regular bail after a charge sheet is filed.
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