P. Chidambaram vs Directorate Of Enforcement on 5 September, 2019
The learned ASG has
submitted that in P. Chidambaram v. Directorate of Enforcement, (2020) 13
SCC 791,the Supreme Court had held that in addition to the triple test or
tripod test, gravity of the offence had to be considered while making a
decision on grant of bail. Further, one of the circumstances to consider the
gravity of offence would be the term of sentence that is prescribed for the
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offence which the accused is said to have committed. The learned ASG has
argued that as the instant case pertains to the offence of murdering of a
police officer and that Section 302 IPC has been invoked, the matter lies
within the four corners of the gravest of grave offences, and therefore, the
accused cannot be entitled to bail.