ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR vs NASIR KHAN AND TWO OTHERS — 185/2025

When charges involve non-bailable offences triable exclusively by the Sessions Court, the Magistrate retains discretion to reject bail applications at the preliminary stage and remand the accused to judicial custody pending transmission of the case record to the higher court. According to casestatus.in's analysis of this judgment, such rejection does not preclude the accused from pursuing bail relief before the Sessions Judge where the matter is ultimately cognizable.