A rare court error in Madhya Pradesh swapped bail decisions for two murder accused due to a typographical mistake. The High Court quickly corrected the mix-up and recalled its earlier orders.
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NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh High Court had to correct a serious mistake in a murder case bail hearing. A simple typographical error had accidentally allowed bail for the wrong person and rejected bail for the one who was actually supposed to get it.
On August 8, the lawyer for one of the accused in the same case told the Court that the results of two connected bail pleas had been mixed up.
The lawyer explained that his client’s bail application was supposed to be allowed, but it was wrongly rejected, while the other application that was meant to be rejected was allowed instead.
He informed the Court that this was simply a typographical swap, but it had caused a major change in the outcome.
Hearing this, the Bench of Justice Rakesh Kumar Gupta took note and decided to cancel the earlier bail orders.
The Court said:
“The submission of learned counsel for the petitioner appears to be correct. In view of the aforesaid, earlier order dated 07.08.2025 passed in both the M.Cr C.Nos.31180/2025 and 28977/2025 are hereby recalled.”
The matter was then fixed for further hearing on August 11.
The background of the case goes back to July 5, 2024, when three men were accused of attacking a man, which later caused his death. According to the prosecution, two of the accused — Halke and Dharmendra — beat the victim with a stick, while the third accused, Ashok, allegedly threw a stone that hit the man’s chest.
Later, both Halke and Ashok applied for bail, and their petitions came up together before the Court.
On August 7, the Court passed an order giving bail to Halke. The order stated:
“Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, but without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, this application is allowed.”
In a separate order on the same day for Ashok’s bail plea, the Court mentioned similar facts but dismissed his application, saying:
“Considering the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of allegations levelled against the present applicant, the gravity of the offence, without commenting upon the merits of the case, no case is made out for grant of bail to the applicant at this stage.”
However, the next day, on August 8, Ashok’s counsel pointed out that the bail results appeared to have been mistakenly swapped between the two accused.
Realizing the error, the judge recalled both orders and scheduled the matter for a fresh hearing.
CASE TITLE:
Halke Aadiwashi v State.
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