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ANTICIPATORY BAIL AND ITS LAWS
• It is a Bail before arrest.
• The term Anticipatory Bail Application is defined in the Criminal Procedure Code,
1973 . It is a preventive relief which was not originally included in CrPC.
• As the name suggests, is bail granted to a person in anticipation and
apprehending arrest.
• When a person has reason to believe that he may be arrested on the accusation of
committing a non-bailable offence then he can move to High Court or the Court of
Session u/s 438 of CrPC.
What is Anticipatory Bail?
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 The applicant has to make himself available for interrogation by a
police officer as directed by the court or as required by the police
officer.
Conditions for Anticipatory Bail
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 The applicant should not leave the country without the previous
permissions of the court.
 The applicant should submit local residential address, native address
and contact number to the concerned police station.
 The applicant should not make any bribe, threat, promise etc. to any
person aware with the facts of the case.
 Right to life and personal liberty is an important right granted to all the
citizens under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.
 The very basic purpose of insertion of this provision was that no person should
be confined in any way until and unless held guilty.
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• The courts granting anticipatory bail had a conflicting view regarding the
issue as to whether anticipatory bail can be granted for a fixed duration
of time, this controversy was later settled by the constitutional bench of
the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. Vs. State
(NCT of Delhi)
• where it was held that the protection granted to a person u/s 438 CrPC
should not be limited to a fixed period unless a special case is made out.
• The Hon’ble Court further explained that “The life or duration of an
anticipatory bail order does not end normally at the time and stage when
the accused is summoned by the court, or when charges are framed, but
can continue till the end of the trial.”
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