https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300717 Anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is a limited protective remedy against arrest and cannot be extended indefinitely so as to bypass the regular court's consideration of bail on investigation materials or after filing of the charge-sheet. An order granting anticipatory bail for an unlimited period defeats the statutory distinction between pre-arrest and post-arrest bail and is inconsistent with settled precedent. Section 439(2) empowers interference where such a bail order is legally unsustainable. The indefinite anticipatory bail order was therefore set aside to that extent. en-us Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:25:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300717 Anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is a limited protective remedy against arrest and cannot be extended indefinitely so as to bypass the regular court's consideration of bail on investigation materials or after filing of the charge-sheet. An order granting anticipatory bail for an unlimited period defeats the statutory distinction between pre-arrest and post-arrest bail and is inconsistent with settled precedent. Section 439(2) empowers interference where such a bail order is legally unsustainable. The indefinite anticipatory bail order was therefore set aside to that extent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300717