In Brief
The appellant challenged a High Court order denying bail. The Supreme Court had previously released him on bail pending trial in March 2017. By this judgment dated July 2017, the Court made the interim bail order absolute and disposed of the appeal. The Court clarified that any observations about maximum punishment in the bail order remained subject to verification once the actual sentence was determined at the conclusion of the trial.
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