High court has erred in granting bail to Shahabuddin: SC
Patna,(BiharTimes): While cancelling the bail of former Siwan MP
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Amitava Roy of the Supreme
Court said: “On a careful perusal of the records of the case and
considering all the aspects of the matter in question and having
regard to the proved charges in the concerned cases, and the charges
pending adjudication against Shahabuddin and further balancing the
considerations of individual liberty and societal interest as well as
the prescriptions and perceptions of law regarding bail, it appears to
us that the high court has erred in granting bail to Shahabuddin
without taking into consideration the overall facts otherwise having
bearing on the exercise of its discretion on the issue.”
The court further said: “Judged in the entire conspectus of the
attendant facts and circumstances and considering the stage of the
present case before the trial court where chargesheet has already been
submitted, together with pending proceedings against Shahabuddin as on
date, and his recorded antecedents in various decisions of this court,
we are unable to sustain the high court's order granting bail to him.”
