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Bill For Restoring Anticipatory Bail Provision In U.P. Referred To President

By LawStreet News Network      10 September, 2018 12:00 AM      0 Comments
Bill For Restoring Anticipatory Bail Provision In U.P. Referred To President

The Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2018, that will pave the way for the re-introduction of the provision of anticipatory bail in the State, has been referred for Presidential assent by the Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.

Earlier, on August 30th, 2018 the State Assembly had approved the Bill which has now been sent to the Union government for final approval, as it proposes amendments for the State in Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

“Under the Section 438 of the CrPC, imposing conditions or riders before such bail has been left to the discretion of the court. However, in the U.P. amendment, we have made certain riders mandatory like the accused would have to be present for interrogation whenever required by police, the accused will not threaten anyone directly or indirectly involved with the case and that the accused will not leave the country without the permission of the court,” a Home Department official said.

“There will be no anticipatory bail in cases where the punishment is a death sentence and also cases under the Gangster’s Act,” the Home Department official added.

One of the amendments is that it will not be necessary for the accused to be present during the hearing for the anticipatory bail and another amendment is that the court would have to decide on the anticipatory bail application within 30 days of filing of such application.

The provision was repealed in U.P. by then Chief Minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in 1976 during the Emergency, to rein in protests against the Congress.



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