2020 (6) TMI 743

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....l pronouncements. The Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C) does not provided for it. In operation, a transit bail is an anticipatory bail for a limited duration. It enables an individual residing within the territorial jurisdiction of a High Court to seek the relief of an anticipatory bail for a limited period, to avoid arrest by the police of another State where the FIR is registered, under the pretext of seeking a regular order of anticipatory bail or bail, from the High Court or the Sessions Court within whose territorial jurisdiction, the FIR is registered. 3. In the past, this relief was evolved as an equitable procedure, where an individual did not have to suffer the ignominy of an arrest by the police,....

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....sit bail continues to have any relevance in present day India. 5. The Covid pandemic has taught us that much can be done effectively without physical movement and personal interaction. The advances in Information and Communication Technology has ensured that contacting a lawyer in another States is no longer a harrowing experience. Bar Associations in most States and even the districts, have directories listing the names of lawyers and websites of lawyers, also disclose their proficiencies. This too, only in a situation where it is not possible to get the reference of a lawyer through word of mouth. 6. Copies of relevant documents in the possession of the accused which are required by the lawyer, can be made with the assistance of a s....