Supreme Court of India

Lavesh v. State (nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 469
Bench P. Sathasivam J.
Decided 31 August 2012

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6 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s.438 read with s. 82 - Application for anticipatory bail by an accused declared as "proclaimed offender" in a case of dowry death - Held: Normally, court should not exercise its discretion to grant anticipatory bail in disregard of the magnitude and seriousness of the matter - When a person against whom a warrant has been issued and is absconding or concealing himself in order to avoid execution of warrant and has been declared as a ''proclaimed offender·: he is not entitled to the relief of anticipatory bail - On facts, the FIR and the statements recorded

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned

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