Supreme Court of India

Naresh Kumar Yadav v. Ravindra Kumar and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 615

Bench Dr Arijit Pasa Yat and Lokeshwar Singh F' Panta JJ.

Decided 23 October 2007

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c s.438-Protection under-Held: Is for limited duration during which regular Court has to be moved for bail-Applicant has to show that he has 'reason to believe' that he may be arrested in non-bailable offence-Belief has to be founded on reasonable grounds only if there is something tangible to show that his apprehension that he may be arrested is genuine-Direction that applicant be released on bail ·~ "whenever arrested for whichever offence whatsoever" should not be issued as it would serve as blanket to protect any and every kind of allegedly unlawful

Authorities it was built on

1980 Niranjan Singh & Anr. v. Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote & Ors. cited by 25
1995 Salauddin Abdulsamad Shaikh v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 14
2003 Smt. Shakila Abdul Gafar Khan v. Vasant Raghunath Dhoble and Anr. cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2024 Sunita Devi v. The State of Bihar & Anr referred to

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