Ajwar vs Waseem 2025 INSC 968 - Bail Orders - Reasoning

"Bail order should be offering cogent and germane reasoning"

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Bail - Bail order should be offering cogent and germane reasoning - But should refrain from elaborately discussing/detailing the evidence or the view of the Court thereon while considering grant of bail. (Para 17)

Case Info

Case Name and Neutral Citation

  • Case Name: Ajwar v. Waseem & Another
  • Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 968

Coram (Judges)

  • Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah
  • Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.V.N. Bhatti

Judgment Date

  • Date of Judgment: 29 July 2025

Caselaws and Citations Referred


The judgment refers to several previous Supreme Court decisions:

  • Ajwar v Waseem, (2024) 10 SCC 787
  • Ajwar v Waseem, (2024) 10 SCC 768
  • Waseem v State of Uttar Pradesh, 2022 SCC OnLine All 1518
  • Waseem v State of Uttar Pradesh, 2022 SCC OnLine All 1510
  • Ajwar v Niyaj Ahmad, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1403
  • Manik Madhukar Sarve v Vitthal Damuji Meher, (2024) 10 SCC 753
  • Shabeen Ahmad v State of Uttar Pradesh, (2025) 4 SCC 172
  • State of Rajasthan v Indraj Singh, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 518
  • Victim ‘X’ v State of Bihar, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1490
  • Satendra Kumar Antil v C.B.I., S.L.P (Crl.) No. 5191 of 2021, judgment dated 11.07.2022
  • Niranjan Singh v Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote, (1980) 2 SCC 559
  • Vilas Pandurang Pawar v State of Maharashtra, (2012) 8 SCC 795
  • Atulbhai Vithalbhai Bhanderi v State of Gujarat, (2023) 17 SCC 521
  • Manoj Kumar Khokhar v State of Rajasthan, (2022) 3 SCC 501

Statutes/Laws Referred

  • Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 147, 148, 149, 352, 302, 307, 504, and 34
  • Constitution of India: Article 21 (Right to life and personal liberty)