The Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to a student leader in Madhya Pradesh, whose banners were put up in the local area celebrating his release in a rape case.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana noted that the sole ground on which bail has been granted by the high court is the delay on the part of the appellant/complainant in lodging the FIR, without offering any plausible explanation for the same. The top court said the discretion by courts in deciding a bail application must be exercised after due application of the judicial mind and not in a routine manner. "This Court has held that very cogent and overwhelming circumstances are necessary for cancellation of bail and bail once granted, should not be cancelled in a mechanical manner. It is equally true that an unjustified or perverse order of bail is vulnerable to interference by the Superior Court," the bench, also comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, said.