In Brief
A film producer was granted bail by the High Court in a rape case. The State challenged the bail, arguing the accused had concealed involvement in an earlier 2G Spectrum case and that a second FIR lodged shortly after bail grant was a supervening circumstance warranting cancellation. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to grant bail, finding that non-disclosure of the concluded 2G case and the second FIR—filed just four days after bail—did not constitute sufficient supervening circumstances to cancel bail. The Court affirmed that bail once granted requires cogent reasons to cancel. However, it enhanced the personal bond amount from ₹50,000 to ₹10 lakhs.
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