New Delhi: The Supreme Court emphasized on Tuesday that bail orders should only be stayed by courts in exceptional circumstances. The ruling came as a bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih overturned a Delhi High Court decision that had stayed bail for an accused in a money laundering case.
"Though court may have power to grant stay on bail, it must be done only in exceptional circumstances," the bench said. The top court had earlier said courts should refrain from staying bail orders in a mechanical manner and without giving any reason.
The top court's judgement came on a plea filed by Parvinder Singh Khurana, an accused in a money laundering case, who challenged the Delhi High Court's order of temporarily staying a bail order passed by the trial court.
Khurana was granted bail by the trial court in a PMLA case on June 17 last year but the HC stayed the order.
The apex court on June 7 stayed the HC order and restored Khurana's bail.
Source: PTI