Union Of India vs Man Singh Verma 2025 INSC 292 - S. 439 CrPC - Bail - Compensation

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 439 : BNSS 2023- Section 483 -The jurisdiction conferred upon a Court under Section 439 CrPC is limited to grant or refusal of bail pending trial. In the following decisions, this Court has time and again held that the sphere of consideration, when exercising power under this Section pertains only to securing or restricting liberty of the person in question. - [Context: SC set aside HC judgment directing NCB to pay Rs. 5 Lakh compensation to NDPS accused while disposing his bail application and observed: The undue restriction of liberty, i.e., without the backing of procedures established by law is unquestionably an affront to a person’s rights but the avenues to seek recourse of law in connection therewith are limited to remedies as per law]