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No Automatic Arrest on Rejection of Anticipatory Bail: Supreme Court [Read Order]

By Harshvardhan Sharma      18 August, 2025 12:27 PM      0 Comments
No Automatic Arrest on Rejection of Anticipatory Bail Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has explained that there cannot be the presumption that custody would be required and he/she would be arrested, if the court interfered and rejected anticipatory bail of the accused.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S V N Bhatti said that the arrest is the discretion of the investigating agency, depending on the circumstances and the conduct of the accused.

"The investigating agency is obliged to take an objective view on the requirement of custody of an accused without any bias, ill-will, or any other extraneous consideration and purely based on material,'' the court said.

The court dealt with the position of law in its recent judgment while allowing a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government led by Additional Solicitor General S V Raju and senior advocate Sidharth Luthra against the High Court's order which granted anticipatory bail to former CID chief and senior IPS officer, N Sanjay.

The senior IPS officer was accused of making payment of Rs 59 lakh to a contractor without fulfilling contractual obligations of developing a website and a mobile app, when he worked as DG, fire services. The 1996-batch IPS officer was also accused of making similar payment during his stint as CID chief for spreading awareness on the SC/ST Act.

The bench said, ''It is true that custodial interrogation is considered a last resort, to be adopted when the investigation is impeded by deliberate lack of cooperation or by factors which militate against upholding the law, or against public interest.''

''However, for this court, and in the emerging factual background, the consideration is not limited to whether a person is merely required for custodial interrogation. The larger issue that comes to the fore is whether any person, no matter how high the office he holds, is to be treated on an equal footing by law, like a common citizen,'' the bench added.

The court set aside the High Court's order of January 30, 2025, and directed the investigating agency to act in a non-partisan manner, focusing on the actual merits of the case based on proper factual aspects and records, and to conclude the investigation at the earliest.

The court also granted the officer four weeks time to surrender.
 

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