Delhi High Court declines anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar
Puja Khedkar was alleged to have misrepresented information in her application for the UPSC Exam, 2022.
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‘Prima facie consensual relationship’; Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to film director Omar Lulu in rape case
“It is a well-accepted principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception.”
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“There is no doubt that the right to liberty is enshrined in Part-III of the Constitution of India and such rights cannot be impinged except by following procedure established by law.”
Why Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to Rajkumar Daitapati in money laundering case?
Rajasthan High Court via the impugned order dated 11-11-2021 dismissed the appellant’s application for anticipatory bail opining that the appellant was allegedly involved in serious economic offence.
Andhra Pradesh High Court grants anticipatory bail to Ram Gopal Varma in criminal defamation case for objectionable posts on ‘X’ (Twitter)
The Court directed that the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation as and when required for the purpose of investigation.
[POCSO] Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to 28-yr-old man accused of molesting minor girl
Nearly two years had passed since the FIR was lodged, yet no progress was made in the case. The Court noted that the accused had cooperated with the investigation and that the chargesheet was yet to be filed.
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Gujarat Court grants anticipatory bail to Journalist Mahesh Langa in cheating case
Mahesh Langa is a senior journalist who is working for The Hindu as the Joint Editor. He is currently embroiled in controversy regarding an alleged GST fraud case.
SC grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in rape case; questions delay in filing of the complaint
The complaint alleging that the actor committed a rape in 2016, came in the wake of revelations made in Justice K. Hema Report detailing several instances of sexual abuse in the Malayalam film industry.
Supreme Court denies anticipatory bail to father in Pune Porsche Accident case involving minor
The father was alleged of conspiring to alter his son’s blood samples in an attempt to conceal the presence of alcohol following the tragic incident.
[Pune Porche Accident Case] Bombay HC denies anticipatory bail to co-accused minor’s father, who changed blood samples
The document, that is, the blood sample clearly answers the definition of “valuable security” under Section 301 of the Penal Code, 1860, as it certainly, created a right in the minor son of the applicant of portraying innocence.
‘Mother’s presence essential for fostering stable environment’; P&H HC grants anticipatory bail to a mother of ten-year-old despite prima facie evidence against her
As parens patriae, the Court has the responsibility to safeguard the child’s interests and could not relinquish this duty by placing her welfare in the hands of relatives.
‘Section 482 of BNSS widens discretionary powers of Courts hearing anticipatory bail applications’: Chhattisgarh HC grants anticipatory bail to a woman and her uncle
Section 482 of Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) deleted the guiding factors which the Courts hearing anticipatory bail applications might have taken into account, such as nature and gravity of accusation, criminal antecedents, and the possibility of the accused to flee from justice.
Accused in custody can apply for anticipatory bail in connection with a different case: Supreme Court
“When procedural law doesn’t preclude the investigating agency from arresting a person in relation to a different offence while he is already under custody in some previous offence, the accused too cannot be precluded of his statutory right to apply for anticipatory bail only on the ground that he is in custody in relation to a different offence.”
‘No intention to disturb law and order or public order/peace’; Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to person alleged to be a supporter of Naxalism
The intention to cause disorder or incite people to violence is sine qua non for the offence under Section 153-A1 of the Penal Code, 1860.
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to journalist Shajan Skaria in SC/ST Act case for making derogatory remarks against MLA PV Sreenijin
“All insults or intimidations to a member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe will not amount to an offence under the Act, 1989 unless such insult or intimidation is on the ground that the victim belongs to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.”
Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to accused booked under POCSO for allegedly making a child record sexual acts between him and the child’s mother
The Court was shocked to learn such allegations against the mother of the child and deemed appropriate to direct the High Court Legal Services Authority to appoint an advocate from their panel to represent the victim.
Patna HC rejects plea for anticipatory bail to police officials in the case of custodial death and alleged abuse of woman arrested without warrant
The Court opined that given the serious nature of allegations, petitioner(s) did not deserve the privilege of pre-arrest bail.
Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case; Directs her to not enter districts of Mysore & Hassan except for the purpose of investigation
“Investigating agencies should be very cautious while seeking their custodial interrogation. Women by their very nature deserve preferential treatment inter alia in matters relating to bail, regular or anticipatory”.
‘Attending police station merely for evidence seems implausible’; AP HC sets aside order cancelling bail after photos showing accused visiting police station
The Court stated that when considering the material produced, it appears improbable that the accused persons’ visit to the police station was solely to fabricate evidence.