Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 288 · Decided 3 March 2008
Rekha Patel v. Pankaj Verma and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 288 · [2008] 3 S.C.R. 796
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 428/2008
- Decided
- 3 March 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 323, 504, 506; CrPC Section 438; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 438 - Writ petition s~eking quashing of FIR and stay of arrest - High Court ordering grant of anticipatory bail by appropriate court and if bail was refused direction to release the accused on personal ·bond - On appeal, held: Anticipatory bail cold not State concerned (Uttar Pradesh) - Even otherwise the protection of release on personal bond not permissible - However, since the accused was subsequently granted bail by competent court, no interference called for. Respondents filed writ petition before· High Court · seeking quashing
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