Gurcharan Singh & Ors vs State (Delhi Administration) on 6 December, 1977
"Counsel for the State pressed before us
that the corruption of which the appellant
was guilty prima facie according to the
results of the investigation) was
substantial. Let us assume so. Even then
refusal of bail is not an indirect process of
punishing an accused person before he is
convicted. This is a confusion regarding the
rationale of bail. This Court has explained
the real basis of bail law in Gurcharan
Singh Vs. State (Delhi Administration)
AIR 1978 SC 179; (1978 Crl. L.J. 129)."