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The requested person applied for bail while awaiting a committal hearing on the United Kingdom’s request for her extradition for alleged theft offences. The High Court held that its power to grant bail under section 97(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code was circumscribed by the express prohibition applicable to persons arrested under the Extradition Act in section 95(1)(c). Bail remained possible only within the limited statutory exception for juveniles or sick or infirm persons, and the general High Court provision could not be used to circumvent that restriction. The Court added that, even assuming a broader statutory or inherent power existed, bail in extradition proceedings should be granted only for special reasons; as none were established, the application was dismissed.