Unit III · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation

Bail and anticipatory bail: BNSS 478–482 / CrPC 436–439, 438

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
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)

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.

(2022) 10 SCC 51 · Supreme Court of India

The Court issued category-wise bail guidelines, discouraged routine arrest, and required compliance with sections 41/41A CrPC.

(2020) 5 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of India

Anticipatory bail need not be time-bound as a rule; it can continue till the end of trial subject to section 439/BNSS 483 conditions.