https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289877 Section 438 CrPC is a broad pre-arrest remedy and is not confined to the investigation stage. Its language contains no express bar against invocation after cognizance, filing of the charge-sheet, or issuance of process or a warrant, and the structure of Chapter XXXIII supports its use to protect a person from arrest and custody. The absence of custody at the time of application does not defeat maintainability, though relief remains discretionary and subject to conditions. An application for anticipatory bail therefore remains maintainable at the post-cognizance stage in both police-report and complaint cases. en-us Fri, 04 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:23:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289877 Section 438 CrPC is a broad pre-arrest remedy and is not confined to the investigation stage. Its language contains no express bar against invocation after cognizance, filing of the charge-sheet, or issuance of process or a warrant, and the structure of Chapter XXXIII supports its use to protect a person from arrest and custody. The absence of custody at the time of application does not defeat maintainability, though relief remains discretionary and subject to conditions. An application for anticipatory bail therefore remains maintainable at the post-cognizance stage in both police-report and complaint cases. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289877