ISRO Spy Case: Supreme Court Cancels Bail Of 4 Accused In ISRO Spy Case, Reverses Kerala HC Order

ISRO Spy Case: Supreme Court 943 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Friday set aside the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to 4 persons, including a former DGP, in a case of allegedly framing scientist Nambi Narayanan in an espionage case. ,Directed to decide the issue within 4 weeks

A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar remanded the matter back to the High Court and directed it to decide the issue within four weeks. The bench said that all these appeals are accepted. The order granting anticipatory bail passed by the High Court is set aside. All cases are sent back to the High Court to decide them afresh on their merits. The court made no comment on the merits for either side. ,Supreme Court asks High Court to decide the pleas of accused afresh within four weeks. Supreme Court directs that accused shall not be arrested for five weeks.

— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2022 Order to be passed by the High Court

The bench said that ultimately the High Court has to pass the order. We request the court to decide the anticipatory bail petitions at the earliest within 4 weeks from the date of this order. The Supreme Court directed the Registry of the High Court to notify the bail petitions before the concerned bench within a week from today. ,Know to whom the matter is related

The Apex Court said that till then as an interim arrangement and without prejudice to the rights, it is directed that for a period of 5 weeks and till the matter relating to custody on bail applications by the High Court In case the final decision is not taken, the defendants cannot be arrested subject to co-operation in the investigation. The verdict came on an appeal by the CBI against a High Court order granting bail to former Gujarat Director General of Police RB Sreekumar, two former Kerala police officers S Vijayan and TS Durga Dutt and PS Jayaprakash, a retired intelligence officer. Supreme CourtIndia NewsISRO spy casePublished Date

Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 12: 07 PM IST