Long Incarceration Is No Ground for Successive Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant successive bail to an accused, holding that long incarceration alone cannot be considered a change in circumstances when an earlier bail plea has already been rejected through a detailed order.

The court stated that a second bail application must demonstrate fresh grounds or a material change in the facts.

It observed that allowing repeated bail pleas on the same grounds would undermine judicial discipline and finality of orders.

Finding no new circumstances since the earlier rejection, the Court dismissed the bail application.

[Rajeev Kumar Rana v. Serious Fraud Investigation Office]