Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
BNS Section 115(2) & SC/ST Act | Non-Disclosure of Prior FIR in Initial Bail Application Does Not Bar Relief If Disclosed Later & No Flight Risk Exists : Bombay HC Aurangabad Bench
The Bombay High Court holds that failure to disclose a prior FIR in a first bail plea is not fatal if corrected in a successive application, provided the investigation is complete and the accused poses no flight risk. This clarifies procedural fairness in bail proceedings under the new BNS framework and protects accused persons from mechanical denial of liberty due to technical omissions.