High Court rules that accused in non-bailable offenses should get anticipatory bail if not arrested during investigation.

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....Seeking grant of anticipatory bail - The general principles Under Section 170 Code of Criminal Procedure, the most apposite observations are in sub-para (v) of the High Court judgment in the context of an Accused in a non-bailable offence whose custody was not required during the period of investigation. In such a scenario, it is appropriate that the Accused is released on bail as the circumstances of his having not been arrested during investigation or not being produced in custody is itself sufficient to entitle him to be released on bail. The rationale has been succinctly set out that if a person has been enlarged and free for many years and has not even been arrested during investigation, to suddenly direct his arrest and to be incarcer.........