The Supreme Court (‘SC’), stating the order to be ‘perverse orders and therefore untenable at law’, set aside the anticipatory bail granted by Punjab and Haryana High Court (‘High Court’) to various persons accused in the Adarsh Group of Companies scam. The SC held that economic offences are ‘class apart’ and offences and anticipatory bail, in such cases, should be granted sparingly. The SC further criticised High Court’s decision to grant anticipatory bail to the accused, despite repeated issuance of non-bailable warrants and the initiation of proclamation proceedings by the Special Court.
