Case Name : Adri Dharan Das vs State of W.B.

Case Reference: (2005) 2 SCR 188 : (2005) 4 SCC 303

Neutral Citation: 2005 INSC 87

Case Number: Crl A 326/2005

Court: Supreme Court

Bench: 02

Coram: Arijit Pasayat, SH Kapadia

Date: 21.02.2005

Meaning of “reason to believe”. Mere fear or vague apprehension is insufficient and does not amount to “belief”.

Court cannot pass interim order not to arrest the applicant.

Legality of proposed arrest cannot be gone into in an application for anticipatory bail.

Distinction between anticipatory bail and ordinary bail. For ordinary bail, the applicant must be under custody. Anticipatory bail cannot be invoked after the person has been arrested.

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See also: CrPC - Section 439

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