Overwhelming grounds necessary to warrant cancellation of bail

dictates that judicial discretion to revoke a concession of bail already extended must be confined to strictly proven, exceptional situations where the integrity of the administration of justice is directly compromised. Illustrative grounds justifying such extraordinary intervention include overt interference or attempts to interfere with the due course of justice, intimidation or subornation of witnesses, purposeful evasion of the trial process, deliberate abuse of the concession of liberty, or credible material establishing an imminent flight risk. The court must be satisfied on the basis of tangible and concrete material that supervening events or post-bail conduct have emerged which render it no longer conducive to a fair and dispassionate trial to permit the accused to remain at large. The revocation of bail in a mechanical manner, devoid of any demonstration that the accused misused their liberty or that the original order suffered from patent perversity, constitutes an impermissible exercise of judicial power that unjustly infringes upon individual freedom. (Usman Ali Vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another | 2026 INSC 98)