Supreme Court clearly holds that dismissal of an application for bail

Mere pendency of private complaint could not be treated as a fresh ground for entertaining third application for bail. Judgein-Chamber had also fallen in error in observing that earlier application for bail submitted by respondent had not been dismissed on merits of case because law declared by Supreme Court clearly holds that dismissal of an application for bail as having been withdrawn after arguing case on merits amounts to dismissal of application on merits of case and a subsequent application for bail can only be filed and entertained if same discloses any fresh ground for such relief, i.e. a ground which was not available till dismissal of earlier application for bail.

PLJ 2015 SC 400