Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab
AIR 1980 SC 1632 · Supreme Court of India
Section 438 CrPC (BNSS 482) is not to be cut down by inflexible limitations; anticipatory bail is a statutory protection of personal liberty.
From topic
Bail and anticipatory bail: BNSS 478–482 / CrPC 436–439, 438
— Unit III, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation.
Related sections:
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 479 — Maximum period for which undertrial prisoner can be detained (new)
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 480 — When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence (cf. s. 437 CrPC)
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 481 — Bail to require accused to appear (cf. s. 437A CrPC)
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 482 — Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest (cf. s. 438 CrPC)