LAW ON BAIL- PART II: ANTICIPATORY BAIL

A comprehensive analysis of section 438 Cr.P.C., the law of anticipatory bail from Gurubaksh Singh Sibbia to Sushila Aggarwal. By Megha Chaturvedi, Associate H.K. Law Offices A person accused of committing a non-bailable offence and who has reasons to believe that he may be arrested in such crime, can apply to the Court of SessionsContinue reading “LAW ON BAIL- PART II: ANTICIPATORY BAIL”

LAW ON BAIL – PART I : BAIL AS A MATTER OF RIGHT

Reaffirming- ‘Bail is the Rule and Jail is the exception’ By Megha Chaturvedi, Associate H.K. Law Offices WHAT IS BAIL? It is a known fact that no statute including The Code of Criminal Procedure has defined the term Bail yet is has much elaboratively precise meaning.  According to Halsbury’s Laws of England – “the effectContinue reading “LAW ON BAIL – PART I : BAIL AS A MATTER OF RIGHT”