Bail cannot be denied merely because petitioner alleged to be habitual offenders or have criminal antecedents

Injamam Shariff Vs State By Kengeri Police (Karnataka High Court) It is not in dispute that on theft of phone, a complaint is registered against unknown persons with an allegation that a mobile phone was snatched from the hands of the complainant. The petitioner is arrested along with one another after a week and sent to judicial custody on the ground that he is a habitual offender and having criminal antecedents. The learned Sessions Judge accepts the plea of the prosecution that if the petitioner is granted bail he is likely to commit the alleged offence again and would tamper evidence and h...