Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 528 BNSS | Monetary Deposit Cannot Be Imposed as Precondition for Bail: Bombay HC Reinforces Supreme Court’s Merit-Based Bail Doctrine
The Bombay High Court has struck down a Rs. 28 lakh deposit condition for bail, affirming that financial capacity cannot substitute judicial evaluation of merits under Section 528 BNSS. This ruling strengthens the constitutional right to liberty by rejecting economic barriers to release, impacting thousands of undertrials facing similar arbitrary conditions across Maharashtra.