📘 Digest on Bails (1950–2024) | 2025 Edition
✒️ Authored by: M. L. Bhargava | Language: English | Publisher: Lawmann
The Digest on Bails (1950–2024) by M. L. Bhargava is a comprehensive and authoritative compilation of judicial pronouncements on bail jurisprudence in India spanning more than seven decades. This digest serves as a ready reference for practitioners, judges, academicians, and students, offering section-wise and theme-based case law analysis with practical insights on bail proceedings.
🔍 Key Features:
⚖️ 75 Years of Case Law (1950–2024) – exhaustive coverage of Supreme Court and High Court judgments on bail.
📝 Thematic Arrangement – cases arranged under principles of bail, anticipatory bail, cancellation, conditions, sureties, offences under IPC & special laws (NDPS, PMLA, UAPA, etc.).
📑 Concise Headnotes – each case presented with clear headnotes, ratio decidendi, and citations for easy application.
🏛️ Practical Relevance – explains judicial discretion, constitutional safeguards under Articles 21 & 22, and evolving bail principles.
📚 Coverage of Special Legislations – includes bail jurisprudence under economic offences, cyber laws, corruption laws, and terrorism-related laws.
🆕 Latest 2025 Edition – updated till December 2024 with the most recent rulings on bail.
🎯 Recommended For:
Advocates & defence lawyers handling criminal matters
Judges, magistrates & judicial officers deciding bail applications
Law enforcement & investigating agencies
Law students & judiciary/competitive exam aspirants
Libraries & institutions maintaining criminal law resources
The 2025 Edition of Digest on Bails (1950–2024), authored by M. L. Bhargava and published by Lawmann, is a definitive, updated, and practice-oriented reference, making it an essential tool for mastering bail law and practice in India.

