The trio, Sandrapalli Bipin, the cheque bounce accused; Ishwar Singh, who stood as surety; and Gundluru Masthan, who identified him; was booked following orders of Kalka judicial magistrate Gitanjali Goel
The court observed on Thursday that granting him bail on medical grounds was not justified at this stage and he was “better looked after at the hospital”
Goyal, in his application, stated that “denying him medical bail at this stage may well be writing his death warrant as it is obvious that he would not survive"
Section 37 of the NDPS Act bars bail to the accused when the drug recovery is of commercial quantity. But the Supreme Court, while dealing with a case under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, laid down that before granting bail, the court has to have “reasonable grounds” for believing that the accused is not guilty of offence that he has been charged with and that he is unlikely to commit offence under the NDPS Act again while on bail. The
Kumar and another SI from the economic offences wing, Hussain Akhtar, were booked under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code in October 2023 after they had allegedly sought ₹5 lakh bribe from a Chandigarh resident to clear his brother’s name in a GST fraud case