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Anonymous
(Querist) 10 November 2011
This query is : Resolved
After issuance of Anticipatory Bail order, why acused directed to take regular bail on trial court ?
request to explain.
Arvind Sehdev
(Expert) 11 November 2011
Please read Section 438 of the CrPC:
I shall narrate a few lines out of it.
"Anticipatory bail orders should be of a limited duration only and ordinarily on the expiry of that duration the Court granting anticipatory bail should leave it to the regular Court to deal with the matter on an appreciation of evidence placed before it after the investigation has made progress or the charge-sheet is submitted."
Though in all logical sense, anticipatory bail ought to be only an interim remedy till the regular bail application is disposed of by the concerned competent court but in absence of any such clear limitation in section 438 CrPC, certain judicial pronouncements have regarded that an order of anticipatory bail may not be limited to a particular period of time
Case law on what i stated above
(Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab , AIR 1980 SC 1632).
Piyush Vaishnava
(Expert) 11 November 2011
yes, i do agreed experts query reply.
Nadeem Qureshi
(Expert) 11 November 2011
438. Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest.
(1) When any person has reason to believe that he may be arrested on an accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for direction under this section; and that court may, if it thinks fit, direct that in the even of such arrest, he shall be released on bail.
(2) When the High Court or the Court of Session makes a direction under sub- section (1), it may include such conditions in such directions in the light of the facts of the particular case, as it may thinks fit, including -
(i) A condition that the person shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer and when required;
(ii) A condition that the person shall not, directly or indirectly,- make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer,
(iii) A condition that the person shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court;
(iv) Such other condition as may be imposed under sub-section (3) of section 437, as if the bail were granted -under that section.
(3) If such person is thereafter arrested without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station on such accusation, and is prepared either at the time of arrest or at any time while in the custody of such officer to give bail, he shall be released on bail, and if a Magistrate taking cognizance of such offence decides that a warrant should issue in the first instance against that person, he shall issue a bailable warrant in conformity with the direction of the court under sub-section (1).
STATE AMENDMENTS
Maharashtra:
For section 438, the following section shall be substituted, namely.
"438 Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest.-(1) When any person has reason to believe that he may be arrested on an accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for a direction under this section that in the event of such arrest, he shall be released on bail; and that court may, after taking into consideration, inter alia, the following factors.
(i) The nature and gravity or seriousness of the accusation as apprehended by the applicant;
(ii) The antecedents of the applicant including the fact as to whether he has, on conviction by a court previously undergone imprisonment for a term in respect of any cognizable offence;
(iii) The likely object of the accusation to humiliate or malign the reputation of the applicant by having him so arrested, and
(iv) The possibility of the applicant, if granted anticipatory bail, fleeing from justice, either reject the application forth with or issue an interim order for the grant of anticipatory bail:
Provided that where the High Court or, as the case may be, the Court of Session, has not passed any interim order under this sub-section or has rejected the application for grant of anticipatory bail, it shall be open to an officer in charge of a police station to arrest, without warrant the applicant on the basis of the accusation apprehended in such application.
(2) Where the High Court or, as the case may be, the Court of Session, consider it expedient to issue an interim order to grant anticipatory bail under sub-section (1), the court shall indicate therein the date, on which the application for grant of, anticipatory bail shall be finally heard for passing an order thereon, as the court may deem fit; and if the court passes any order granting anticipatory bail, such order shall include inter area the following conditions, namely:-
(i) That the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;
(ii) That the applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the accusation against him so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer,
(iii) That the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court: and
(iv) Such other conditions as may be imposed under sub-section (3) of section 437 as if the bail was granted under that section.
(3) Where the court grants an interim order under sub-section (1), it shall forthwith cause a notice, being not less than seven days notice, together with a copy of such order to be served on the Public Prosecutor and the Commissioner of Police, or as the case may be, the concerned Superintendent of police. With a view to give the Public Prosecutor a reasonable opportunity of being heard when the application shall be finally heard by the court.
(4) The presence of the applicant seeking anticipatory bail shall be obligatory, at the time of final hearing of the application and passing of final order by the court, if on an application made to it by the Public Prosecutor, the court considers such presence necessary in the interest of justice.
(5) On the date indicated in the interim order under sub-section (2), the court shall hear the Public Prosecutor and the applicant and after due consideration of their contentions, it may either confirm, modify or cancel the interim order made under subsection (1).
[Vide Maharashtra Act 24 of 1993. sec. 2 (w.e.f. 28-7-1993)].
Orissa
In sub-section (1) of section 438, the following proviso shall be added, namely.
"Provided that where the apprehended accusation relates to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years, no final order shall be made on such application without giving the State notice to present its case".
[Vide Orissa Act 11 of 1988, sec. 2 (w.e.f 28-6-1988)].
Uttar Pradesh
Section 438 shall be omitted.
[Vide U.P. Act -16 of 1976, Sec. 9 (w.e.f. 28-1 1-1976)].
West Bengal
'For sub-section (1) of section 438, the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely.
(1)
(a) When any person has reason to believe that he may be arrested on an accusation of' having committed a non-bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for a direction under this section that in the event of such arrest, he shall be released on bail:
Provided that the mere fact that a person has applied to the High Court or the Court of' Session for a direction under this section shall not, in the absence of any order by that court, be a bar to the apprehension of such person, or the detention of such person in custody, by an officer-in-charge of a police station.
(b) The High Court or the Court of Session, as the case may be, shall dispose of an application for a direction under this sub-section within thirty days of the date of such application:
Provided that where the apprehended accusation relates to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years, no final order shall be made on such application without giving the State not less than seven days' notice to present its case.
(c) If any person is arrested and detained in custody by an officer-in-charge of a police station before the disposal of the application of such person for a direction under this subsection, the release of such person on bail by a court having jurisdiction, pending such disposal shall be subject to the provisions of section 437.
(1A) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Act or in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority".
[ Vide W.B. Act 25 of 1990].
Shonee Kapoor
(Expert) 11 November 2011
Disagree with experts.
As per the latest decisions, AB is valid till the completion of the trial. Only the bail bonds need to be filled at the trail court after obtaining AB.
Regards,
Shonee Kapoor
harassed.by.498a@gmail.com
Arvind Sehdev
(Expert) 11 November 2011
Mr. Shonee, If such is true, could we please have those judgments??
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 11 November 2011
Yes i also want the Judgment Mr. Shonee sir.
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 11 November 2011
I am not sure about what Mr Shonee is speaking of.
In WB the order of ab remains valid only till the time the court grants.
Arun Kumar Bhagat
(Expert) 13 November 2011
Mr. Shonee is referring Judgement of Supreme Court Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre Vs. State Of Maharashtra And Ors. on ...
www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1108032/
2 Dec 2010 – State of U.P. and Others AIR 1963 SC 1295, Subba Rao, J. defined `personal liberty, as a right of an individual to be free from restrictions ...
In this judgement The Hon'ble Court endorsed the views taken in
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab , AIR 1980 SC 1632. It is constitutional bench judgement.
