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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Anticipatory bail

103 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Provisions
Section 438, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 26
Shambhu Debnath vs The State of Bihar & Ors.
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 2083 : 2024 INSC 1032
Whether the High Court erred in granting anticipatory bail to accused persons despite specific allegations of heinous crime u/s.302 of Penal Code, 1860 and chargesheet on record that established the allegations made u/s.…
Ayub Khan vs The State of Rajasthan
SC · 17 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 680 : 2024 INSC 994
Adverse observations were made against the appellant, a District and Sessions Judge of Rajasthan Judicial Service by the Rajasthan High Court. High Court observed that while rejecting the bail application, the appellant…
X vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.
SC · 27 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 941 : 2024 INSC 909
Issue arose as regards accused being enlarged on bail in rape case by the High Court, when the victim and the mother who was the eye-witness to the incident were yet to be examined.
Siddique vs State of Kerala & Anr.
SC · 19 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 822 : 2024 INSC 877
Whether the appellant is entitled to anticipatory bail.
Dhanraj Aswani vs Amar S. Mulchandani & Anr.
SC · 9 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 257 : 2024 INSC 669
Whether an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is maintainable at the instance of an accused while he is already in judicial custody in connection with his involvem…
Shajan Skaria vs The State of Kerala & Anr.
SC · 23 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 1086 : 2024 INSC 625
Whether Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 imposes an absolute bar on the grant of anticipatory bail in cases registered under the said Act; when can it be said t…
Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah vs Kamal Dayani & Ors. Contempt Petition (C) D. No. 1106 of 2024 In
SC · 7 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 235 : 2024 INSC 588
Accused-petitioner was granted absolute interim protection of anticipatory bail by Supreme Court, until modified or altered upon final disposal of the present SLP which was pending consideration before this Court. Howeve…
Sunil Joshan vs State Of Nct Of Delhi And Anr
Delhi HC · 7 August 2024
The applicants, Sunil Joshan and Anil Joshan, sons of accused Sumer Chand, filed applications seeking pre-arrest bail in FIR No. 75/2018 registered at Baba Haridas Nagar for offences under Sections 420/34 IPC. The FIR wa…
Praveen Mohammad vs State Govt Of NCT Of Delhi
Delhi HC · 5 August 2024
The petitioner, Praveen Mohammad, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. in connection with FIR No. 87/2024 registered at PS C.R. Park under Sections 379/356/34 IPC, arising out of a chain snatc…
Sudeep Chatterjee vs State of Bihar & Anr.
SC · 2 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 662 : 2024 INSC 567
Whether the High Court erred by putting onerous conditions on accused-appellant while granting provisional pre-arrest bail.
Priti Agarwalla vs The State Of Gnct Of Delhi
SC · 17 May 2024
The appellants, who were trainee athletes at the Olympic Riding and Equestrian Academy (OREA), New Delhi, challenged a complaint filed against them by Respondent No. 2 (a fellow trainee athlete) under the Scheduled Caste…
Tarsem Lal vs Directorate of Enforcement Jalandhar Zonal Office
SC · 16 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 864 : 2024 INSC 434
(a) Whether the complaint filed u/s.44(1)(b) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 will be governed by sections 200 to 205 of the CrPC; (b) If the accused was not arrested by the ED till the filing of the complaint…
Srikant Upadhyay & Ors. vs State of Bihar & Anr.
SC · 14 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 421 : 2024 INSC 202
Whether there could be any bar on the Trial Court for proceeding u/s. 82 Cr.P.C., merely because an anticipatory application for bail has been filed or because such an application was adjourned without passing any interi…
Anil Sharma vs State (NCT of Delhi)
Delhi HC · 14 March 2024
The petitioners Anil Sharma and Harsh Sharma filed anticipatory bail applications under Section 438 Cr.P.C. before the Delhi High Court arising out of FIR No.0746/2022 registered at PS Vijay Vihar for offences under Sect…
Anil Sharma vs State (NCT of Delhi)
Delhi HC · 14 March 2024
The petitioners Anil Sharma and Harsh Sharma filed anticipatory bail applications under Section 438 Cr.P.C. before the Delhi High Court arising out of FIR No. 0746/2022 dated 27.10.2022 registered at PS Vijay Vihar under…
Shankardan Keshubhai Langa vs State Of Gujarat
Gujarat HC · 26 February 2024
The petitioner, a retired Collector who served at Gandhinagar from 06.04.2018 to 30.09.2019, filed applications for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in connection with two FIRs…
Nanak Chand Sharma vs The State
Delhi HC · 20 February 2024
The petitioner sought anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with FIR No. 837/2023 registered at P.S. New Ashok Nagar under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120B of the Indian…
Directorate of Enforcement vs Niraj Tyagi & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 311 : 2024 INSC 106
Interim orders passed by the High Court staying the investigations of the FIRs and the Enforcement Directorate, if justified.
Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation and Anr.
SC · 13 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 1072 : 2024 INSC 134
The Amicus submitted report dated 10.02.2024 indicating the directions that have been complied with by the parties in terms of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil**. On basis of the said repo…
State by the Inspector of Police vs B. Ramu
SC · 12 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 357 : 2024 INSC 114
In a case involving recovery of huge quantity of narcotic substance (232.5 kg of ganja), wherein the Respondent-accused was indicted as being the conspirator for procurement/supply of the ganja so recovered, High Court w…
Soumen Chaudhury vs The State (Govt Of NCT Of Delhi)
Delhi HC · 1 February 2024
Three anticipatory bail applications arising out of FIRs concerning alleged fabrication and use of forged medical certificates in multiple court proceedings and during investigation were heard together on account of comm…
Soumen Chaudhury vs The State (Govt Of NCT Of Delhi)
Delhi HC · 1 February 2024
Three bail applications — two by Soumen Chaudhury and Arindam Chaudhuri seeking anticipatory bail in FIR No. 311/2019 under Sections 468/471 IPC registered at PS Dwarka South, and one by Arindam Chaudhuri seeking anticip…
Hariyani Abbas Gulamhusen vs The Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence Thro The Concerned Intelligence Officer
Gujarat HC · 29 January 2024
The petitioner, a businessman from Gujarat, filed an application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an inquiry initiated by the Directorate of Revenue I…
Priya Indoria vs State of Karnataka and Ors. etc.
SC · 20 November 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 525 : 2023 INSC 1008
Whether the power of the High Court or the Court of Session to grant anticipatory bail u/s 438 CrPC could be exercised with respect to an FIR registered outside the territorial jurisdiction of the said Court; and whether…
Pankaj Bansal vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 3 October 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 714 : 2023 INSC 866
Whether the arrest of the appellants u/s. 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was valid; whether there was proper compliance with s.19(1) of the Act of 2002 and as to whether the Vacation Judge/Additional…
State of Haryana vs Dharamraj
SC · 29 August 2023
[2023] 11 S.C.R. 705 : 2023 INSC 784
In instant appeal, the State seeks cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the sole respondent by the Single Judge of the High Court.
Md. Asfak Alam vs The State of Jharkhand & Anr.
SC · 31 July 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 1184 : 2023 INSC 660
S.C.R.REPORTS 1184 : 2023 INSC [2023] 660 10 S.C.R. SUPREME COURT MD. ASFAK ALAM v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANR. (Criminal Appeal No(s). 2207 of 2023) JULY 31, 2023 [S. RAVINDRA BHAT AND ARAVIND KUMAR, JJ.] Code of Crim…
The State of Gujarat etc. vs Choodamani Parmeshwaran Iyer & Anr. etc.
SC · 17 July 2023
[2023] 8 S.C.R. 1139 : 2023 INSC 972
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – s.69 – Summons issued under – Invocation of s.438, CrPC by the person summoned – Impermissibility of – Held: If any person is summoned u/s.69, 2017 Act for the purpose of record…
Pratibha Manchanda & Anr. vs State of Haryana & Anr.
SC · 7 July 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 411 : 2023 INSC 612
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 438 – Anticipatory bail – Rejection of – Appellants’ case that they had possession over the subject land and they never sold the subject land to anyone nor have they ever executed an…
Ramesh Kumar vs The State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 4 July 2023
[2023] 9 S.C.R. 1165 : 2023 INSC 596
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.438 – Anticipatory Bail – Payment of amount as a condition precedent for grant of bail – Legality of – An FIR was registered u/ss. 420, 406 r/w s. 34 – As per the FIR, an agreement to…

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