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 February 2024 Haldwani riots. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana dismissed the Uttarakhand government's special leave petition challenging the April 16 order granting bail to Malik, observing that the top court would ordinarily be reluctant to interfere with a bail order unless it glaringly reflected non-application of mind. "Liberty does not depend on inadequacy of a court order. It depends on the...