Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 575 · Decided 20 December 2002
M.C. Abraham and ANR. v. State of Maharashtra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 575 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 677
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1346/2002
- Decided
- 20 December 2002
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 41; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
AND ANR. A v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. DECEMBER 20, 2002 [N. SANTOSH HEGDE AND B.P. SINGH, JJ.) B Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226: Writ Jurisdiction of High Court-Matter under investigation-Directions issued by the High Court to the State/investigating Officer to arrest the accused Procedure Code, 1973-&ction 41: Anticipatory bail-Rejection-Direction by High Court to arrest accused-Correctness of-Held, Investigating officer may or may not arrest accused person depending on the facts and circumstances of the case-It is wrong to assume that on rejection of anticipatory
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