Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 106 · Decided 15 May 2018
Sushila Aggarwal & ORS. v. State (Nct of Delhi) & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 106 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 825
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 7281/2017
- Decided
- 15 May 2018
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, NAVIN SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 438; Constitution
Headnote
Bail - Whether an anticipatory bail should be for a limited period of time - There are two divergent views: One are the line of Judgments in support that anticipatory bail should not be for a limited period and the others are that orders of limited duration - In the light of the conflicting views of the different Benches of varying strength, following questions referred to the larger Bench: (i) Whether the protection granted to a person u/s.438 Cr.P.C. should be limited to a fixed period so as to enable the person to surrender
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