There is a common assumption, held by clients and occasionally by counsel, that once bail has been cancelled the road back is simply to apply again and argue the same points more persuasively. It is not. The application that follows a cancellation is a different exercise, and the reason lies in a distinction the Supreme Court drew three decades ago and has restated many times since. Rejection and cancellation are not the same enquiry In Dolat Ram v. State of Haryana, (1995) 1