SHAKUNTALA DEVI vs STATE OF U.P. . — Crl.A. No. 2142/2009

Summary of Crl.A. No. 002142/2009 (Shakuntala Devi v. State of U.P.) On 16 November 2009, the Supreme Court partly allowed Shakuntala Devi's appeal against the High Court's bail conditions in a CBI case. The Court modified the onerous deposit condition requiring Rs. 12,35,000, reducing it to Rs. 1 lakh with one surety of equal amount, finding the original deposit too burdensome for the appellant (a housewife with no independent income). All other bail conditions—cooperation with investigating agency, restriction on leaving Ghaziabad district without IO intimation—remained unchanged. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.