https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301243 Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 confers concurrent jurisdiction on the High Court and the Court of Sessions to consider anticipatory bail. An applicant need only show a reasonable apprehension of arrest on an accusation of a non-bailable offence, and the provision does not require prior rejection by the Sessions Court. The discretion to grant or refuse relief remains case-specific and cannot be narrowed by any practice developed under the earlier Code. An anticipatory bail application may therefore be moved directly before the High Court without first approaching the Court of Sessions. en-us Fri, 09 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:17:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301243 Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 confers concurrent jurisdiction on the High Court and the Court of Sessions to consider anticipatory bail. An applicant need only show a reasonable apprehension of arrest on an accusation of a non-bailable offence, and the provision does not require prior rejection by the Sessions Court. The discretion to grant or refuse relief remains case-specific and cannot be narrowed by any practice developed under the earlier Code. An anticipatory bail application may therefore be moved directly before the High Court without first approaching the Court of Sessions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301243