Supreme Court of India
Sunita Devi v. State of Bihar and Ors.
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 438 and 439-Distinction between-Held: Order under S. 438 is passed in anticipation of arrest and becomes effective at the very moment of arrest whereas the order under S. 439 is passed after arrest. Section 438-Anticipatory bail-High Court granted blanket protection for unlimited duration-Correctness of-Held : Anticipatory bail can be granted for a limited during only-Grant of unconditional protection is clearly untenable and is liable to be set aside. Section 439- "Custody"-Meaning of-Held: The expression "custody" must be taken to be a compendious
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- 2014 Sundeep Kumar Bafna v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
- 2018 Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.
- 2012 Rashmi Rekha Thatoi & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors.
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