https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283037 While declining to quash an FIR or investigation, a High Court cannot use inherent powers to restrain arrest during investigation, because such a direction amounts in substance to anticipatory bail without satisfying the statutory conditions. Section 482 CrPC is limited to preventing abuse of process or securing the ends of justice and does not authorise interference with a lawful investigation or confer arrest protection through an indirect route. The restraint order was therefore unsustainable in law, the appeal succeeded, and the investigation was directed to continue according to law. en-us Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283037 While declining to quash an FIR or investigation, a High Court cannot use inherent powers to restrain arrest during investigation, because such a direction amounts in substance to anticipatory bail without satisfying the statutory conditions. Section 482 CrPC is limited to preventing abuse of process or securing the ends of justice and does not authorise interference with a lawful investigation or confer arrest protection through an indirect route. The restraint order was therefore unsustainable in law, the appeal succeeded, and the investigation was directed to continue according to law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283037