#white collar crime

Allahabad HC rules that vague allegations of bribery under Section 7 PCA, unsupported by direct evidence of demand or acceptance, cannot justify prolonged judicial custody. The court emphasized the absence of tampering risk and the accused's clean antecedents, setting a precedent for bail in corruption cases with weak evidentiary links.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court granted anticipatory bail to two accused charged only under Section 120-B IPC in a Rs. 12.767 crore corporate fraud case, emphasizing that conspiracy charges alone cannot sustain custody when there is no evidence of direct participation in forgery or document manipulation. This ruling reinforces that bail must be assessed on individual culpability, not collective accusation, offering critical relief to mid-level employees caught in broad conspiracy nets.