https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169309 Anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is a limited pre-arrest protection available only on a showing of reasonable grounds that arrest in a non-bailable offence is likely. It is distinct from regular bail under Section 439, which presupposes custody, and cannot be turned into a blanket immunity from arrest. An interim order restraining arrest is not contemplated by Section 438 because it would interfere with investigation and defeat the statutory custody requirement. On the stated facts, no case for anticipatory bail was made out, so rejection of the request and refusal of any restraint on arrest were justified. en-us Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169309 Anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is a limited pre-arrest protection available only on a showing of reasonable grounds that arrest in a non-bailable offence is likely. It is distinct from regular bail under Section 439, which presupposes custody, and cannot be turned into a blanket immunity from arrest. An interim order restraining arrest is not contemplated by Section 438 because it would interfere with investigation and defeat the statutory custody requirement. On the stated facts, no case for anticipatory bail was made out, so rejection of the request and refusal of any restraint on arrest were justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169309