Supreme Court on Bail, Anticipatory Bail and Quashment

The Digest contains the entire case law of the Supreme Court since 1950 on the three most vital aspects of criminal jurisprudence, namely, Bail, Anticipatory Bail and Quashment. Relevant extracts from CrPC, 1973 and CrPC, 1898 are also included.

This digest has carefully considered all cases on the subject under the following provisions:

1. Main CrPC provisions relating to Bail, Anticipatory Bail and Quashment i.e. Ss. 437 to 439 and 482, CrPC
2. Allied CrPC provisions on the subject such as S. 167 CrPC, etc.
3. Special Bail provisions under NDPS Act, TADA, POTA, FERA, etc.

Tremendous efforts have been directed to make the legal research easier and less time consuming following the arrangement of time tested Supreme Court Cases Index system. The cases are carefully summarised in the headnotes and systematically placed with detailed synopsis to aid research. Rulings are given under both topic and statutory headings with elaborate cross references. Remarkable Synopsisation, Table of Cases Digested and Annotations given under some digest notes with respect to earlier connected cases further make the legal research convenient and easy.

An addendum brings the case law covered up-to-date till Dec., 2010. A special feature is the inclusion of the complete text of the two leading judgments on the subject, namely 1) Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab, (1980) 2 SCC 565 and 2) Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694.

The digest, conceived and designed to help in finding out the relevant cases swiftly and easily, will be of immense value for the lawyers, judges, academicians alike.

Full SCC Text of Landmark Judgments

On Anticipatory Bail

Table of cases digested

Relevant Sections of Criminal Procedure Code, 1898

Relevant Sections of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

PART I

Bail and Anticipatory Bail
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

PART II

Internet Powers and Quashment

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

Criminal Procedure Code, 1898

PART III

Other Connected Case-Notes
On Bail and Quashment