The Supreme Court on Monday held that default bail granted to
an accused can be cancelled if a special and strong case is made out on filing
of a charge sheet.
A
bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar said mere filing of charge sheet
will not result in cancellation unless the court is satisfied that a strong
case is made out that the accused has committed a non bailable offence.
"The
bail granted to an accused can be cancelled on merits if a special and strong
ground is made out on filing of a charge sheet and the courts are not precluded
from considering plea for cancellation of bail," the bench said
The observation came while directing the Telangana High Court to
consider on merits the CBI's plea for cancellation of bail to Erra Gangi Reddy
in connection with the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y S Vivekananda
Reddy
Vivekananda Reddy, younger brother of late Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of incumbent Chief Minister Y S Jagan
Mohan Reddy, was found murdered at his residence in Pulivendula on March 15,
2019.