Supreme Court of India
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab
(1980) 2 SCC 565
- Decision date
- 1980
- Text availability
- Summary or case record only
- Bench
- 5-Judge Bench
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Principle
Anticipatory bail power is extraordinary and discretionary. High Court and Sessions Court cannot be restricted by self-imposed fetters not found in the statute. | Discretionary scope of anticipatory bail applied to Section 482 BNSS (corresponding to Section 438 CrPC).
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Judgment text
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