Joseph Johnson N. Maithkuri vs Subrahmanya & Another

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

9 September 2022

Case No.

Criminal Appeal No. 1439 of 2022

Result

Allowed

Bench

M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

Citation

[2022] 7 S.C.R. 505 : 2022 INSC 944

Headnote

Bail – Cancellation of – High Court granted bail to accused persons – Original complainant has preferred appeal before the Supreme Court for cancellation of bail and submitted that in a case of co- accused, Supreme Court in Crl.A.No.39/2022 by judgment and order dated 06.01.2022 had cancelled the bail order and set aside a similar order passed by the High Court – Held: In view of the reasons stated in the judgment and order dated 06.01.2022 passed in Crl.A.No.39/2022, the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court in the instant case releasing accused on bail deserve to be quashed and set aside – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.120(B), 302, 201, 34 IPC – Arms Act, 1959 – s. 27(3) .

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. R. SHAH, J. 1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment(s) and order(s) dated 10.06.2021 & 08.11.2021 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Dharwad Bench in Criminal Petition Nos. 101007/2021 & 101621/2021 respectively, by which the High Court has allowed the said criminal petitions preferred by the accused Subrahmanya and Rajesh (respondent No. 1 in the respective appeals) and has directed to release the accused - Subrahmanya and Rajesh on bail in connection with Case Crime No. 157/2019 of Dharwad Rural Police Station for

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