Case Name : Ash Mohammad vs Shiv Raj Singh @ Lalla Babu and Anr Case Reference: (2012) 9 SCC 446 : (2012) 7 SCR 584 Case Number: Court: Supreme Court Bench: 02 Coram: KS Radhakrishnan, Dipak Misra (author) Date: 20.09.2012
Heinous nature of crime warrants more caution Court must keep in mind not only nature of accusations, but severity of punishment, if accusation entails conviction and nature of evidence in support of accusation Reasonable apprehensions of the witnesses being tampered with or the apprehension of there being a threat for the complainant should also weigh with the court in the matter of grant of bail. While it is not expected to have the entire evidence establishing the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt but there ought always to be a prima facie satisfaction of the court in support of the charge. Frivolity in prosecution should always be considered and it is only the element of genuineness that shall have to be considered in the matter of grant of bail, and in the event of there being some doubt as to the genuineness of the prosecution, in the normal course of events, the accused is entitled to an order of bail.
See below also generally for general bail conditions
Refer also: Ram Govind Upadhyay vs Sudarhan Singh, (2002) 3 SCC 598; Prahlad Singh Bhati vs NCT Delhi, (2001) 4 SCC 280; Firoz Khan vs State NCT of Delhi, 2020 SCC OnLine Del 1694 {for extensive list of bail precedents}; Navendu Babbar vs State NCT Delhi, (271) 2020 DLT 216 {as above, just for precedents on bail}; Dr Shivinder Mohan vs ED, 2020 SCC OnLine Del 766 {as above, just for precedents on bail}
See also: CrPC - Section 437