New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- An individual's liberty cannot hinge on the "inadequacy" or brevity of a court's reasoning while granting bail, the Supreme Court underscored on Friday, as it refused to interfere with the Uttarakhand high court's decision releasing Abdul Malik, the alleged mastermind of the 2024 Haldwani riots. The state government had assailed the high court's order primarily on the ground that it was a cryptic, non-speaking order. P11

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