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.

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Section 438, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 26

Sushila Aggarwal and Others vs State (NCT of Delhi) and Another

SC · 29 January 2020

[2020] 2 S.C.R. 1 : 2020 INSC 106

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.437, 438, 439 and 167(2) – Order u/s.438 granting anticipatory bail – Life and operation of – Conflicting views of different Benches of varying strength as to whether the protection…

P. Chidambaram vs Directorate of Enforcement

SC · 4 December 2019

[2019] 14 S.C.R. 450 : 2019 INSC 1317

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.439 – Bail – Grant of, in economic offence – In the instant case, CBI registered a case of corruption against some known and unknown suspects including the son of the appellant – Appel…

Shri P. Chidambaram vs Central Bureau of Investigation

SC · 22 October 2019

[2019] 13 S.C.R. 985 : 2019 INSC 1176

Bail: Grant or refusal of – Case registered by CBI against appellant–member of parliament and Senior member, u/s. 120B rw s. 420 IPC, ss. 8, 13(2) rw s. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Arrest of the…

Union of India vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.

SC · 1 October 2019

[2019] 12 S.C.R. 1125 : 2019 INSC 1102

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Supreme Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra reported as [2018] 4 SCR 877, while dealing with the 1989 Act issued…

P. Chidambaram vs Directorate of Enforcement

SC · 5 September 2019

[2019] 12 S.C.R. 172 : 2019 INSC 1010

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – ss.3 and 4 – Production of Documents in a sealed cover for custodial interrogation – Prosecution alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance gi…

Sasikala Pushpa and Others vs State of Tamil Nadu

SC · 7 May 2019

[2019] 7 S.C.R. 319 : 2019 INSC 636

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.340 – In a sexual harassment case against the appellants, the appellants filed anticipatory bail applications along with Vakalatnama before the Madurai High Court – While filing the Va…

P. Surendran vs State by Inspector of Police

SC · 29 March 2019

[2019] 6 S.C.R. 467 : 2019 INSC 435

Bail: Anticipatory bail – Sought in a case wherein offence u/s. 3(ii) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was alleged – Initially rejected by District Judge – Later High Court re…

Aarish Asgar Qureshi vs Fareed Ahmed Qureshi & Anr.

SC · 26 February 2019

[2019] 3 S.C.R. 400 : 2019 INSC 270

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.340 – Matrimonial proceedings – Certain averments made in anticipatory bail applications both before the Sessions Court as well as the High Court – Allegation that the statements made…

Romila Thapar and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.

SC · 28 September 2018

[2018] 11 S.C.R. 951 : 2018 INSC 912

Constitution of India – Art.32 – Writ petition filed by five persons, as next best friend of five activists-accused who were arrested purportedly in connection with FIR No.4/18 – Said FIR registered in Pune in relation t…

Ms. X vs The State of Telangana and Anr.

SC · 17 May 2018

[2018] 4 S.C.R. 466 : 2018 INSC 529

Bail: Regular bail – u/s. 439 CrPC.- Granted in a case involving offences u/ss. 376, 342, 493, 506 and 354(C) of IPC – Cancellation of – Held: There is no cogent material to indicate that the accused had been guilty of c…

Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

SC · 15 May 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 825 : 2020 INSC 106

Bail – Whether an anticipatory bail should be for a limited period of time – There are two divergent views: One are the line of Judgments in support that anticipatory bail should not be for a limited period and the other…

Satpal Singh vs The State of Punjab

SC · 27 March 2018

[2018] 3 S.C.R. 739 : 2018 INSC 277

Bail: Application seeking anticipatory bail – By appellant-accused in FIR u/s. 22 and 29 of NDPS Act – On the ground of parity as the two co-accused were granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench – High Court by a…

Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr.

SC · 20 March 2018

[2018] 4 S.C.R. 877 : 2018 INSC 248

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – s.18 – Exclusion of anticipatory bail, in cases of false implications – Procedural safeguards – Respondent no.2-complainant, a govt. em…

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