Anticipatory Bail and Children in Conflict with Law

This is a guest post by Shantanu Pachauri[I]. First published on The Criminal Law Blog on 7 June, 2020 at thttps://criminallawstudiesnluj.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/anticipatory-bail-and-children-in-conflict-with-law/ A constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in Gurubakash Singh Sibbia v. State of Panjab (1980) while distinguishing normal bail from anticipatory bail held that whereas the former is granted after arrest releasing a person […]

Anticipatory Bail – whether for limited time, or not?

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it”1 “One ought not to make a bugbear of the power to grant anticipatory bail.”2 I. Introduction Whether anticipatory bail should be granted only for a limited period of time, or once granted, should it continue till the end of trial? This is […]