Communication of arrest authorisation safeguards access to anticipatory bail, while post-dismissal interim arrest protection cannot continue.

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....Interim protection from arrest is ancillary to anticipatory bail proceedings and cannot continue after a pre-arrest bail application is dismissed as not maintainable. Protection granted after such dismissal was therefore set aside. Communication of the Commissioner's arrest authorisation under the CGST Act is necessary to enable the affected person to seek anticipatory bail or challenge the recorded reasons through judicial review. The authorisation must be communicated electronically, in addition to other legally permissible modes; without prior communication, arrest cannot proceed. The affected person may pursue available legal remedies after communication, while the investigation continues independently of these observations.....