UNION OF INDIA vs SANJAY PRASAD — Crl.A. No. 1078/2002

Case Summary: Union of India v. Sanjay Prasad (Crl.A. 001078/2002) The Supreme Court granted special leave to appeal and heard the Union of India's challenge to a bail order granted to Sanjay Prasad in an NDPS Act case. The Court set aside the impugned bail order, finding that the trial court had not considered the mandatory conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act—specifically, whether there were reasonable grounds to believe the accused was not guilty and whether there was no likelihood of committing offences while on bail. The Court granted liberty to the respondent to file a fresh bail application, which the trial court must dispose of expeditiously in accordance with law, without the Supreme Court expressing any opinion on merits. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.