Jal Jeevan Mission bail: the Supreme Court released Sanjay Badaya and former RWSSMB Secretary Shubhanshu Dixit in the ACB case over tenders worth Rs 979.45 crore, holding that pre-trial incarceration cannot become punishment when trial is far off.
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of Head Constable Jaysheel Tiwari, charged by the CBI with murder and conspiracy in the custodial death of Krishna Yadav alias Pujari in Jaunpur, holding that his abscondence during investigation and trial and the gravity of custodial deaths left no ground for bail, while directing the trial court to expedite the trial.
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has granted bail to Mohd. Shahzad Kamal, accused by the NIA under the UAPA of channelling funds from Saudi Arabia to an alleged terror module linked to an ISIS affiliate, setting aside the Special Court’s May 2024 refusal. He has been in custody since August 31, 2021. The detailed order is awaited and the allegations are untested.
The Gujarat High Court has granted regular bail to Sumersing Bharatlal Meena, accused of luring RE-NEET aspirants through Telegram channels with offers of question papers for Rs 25,000 to Rs 10 lakh, noting that the chargesheet has been filed, he has been in custody since June 13, 2026 and the offence is triable by a Magistrate.
A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar has set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s refusal of regular bail to Kanha @ Kanhaiya Singh in a POCSO and SC/ST Act case, holding that courts must not impose a judge’s views on morality in bail matters, and directing his release on bail after over a year in custody, subject to his custody in a connected conviction appeal.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed former district judge Giribala Singh to amend her regular bail application in the Twisha Sharma case, as the CBI’s chargesheet has dropped the dowry death charge under Section 80(2) BNS against her and added abetment of suicide under Section 108 BNS, and has listed the matter on October 8.
Justice Girish Kathpalia of the Delhi High Court has refused regular bail to Sanam Dagar in a 2018 attempt to murder case from Bawana, holding that his role differs from that of a bailed co-accused, that the CCTV footage and the unchallenged testimony of the injured weigh against him, and that the defence has itself delayed the trial. The allegations are yet to be tested at trial.