SHOULD ACCUSED ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL TAKE REGULAR BAIL ON FILING OF CHARGE-SHEET?
Generally, on the filing of charge-sheet, Ld Trial Court directs the accused to surrender and again seek bail, failing which he has to go in jail. This is a tricky situation as grant/ refusal of bail is dependent on the Will of the Trial Court.
IS REGULAR BAIL REQUIRED FOR ACCUSED ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL
Thankfully, Supreme Court has finally resolved the situation by concluding that there is no need to seek Bail on the filing of charge-sheet, if accused is already on Bail.
Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Sushila Aggarwal and Ors. Vs. State (NCT of Delhi) and Ors. on 29.01.2020 concluded as follows :-
The analogy to ‘deemed bail’ under section with anticipatory bail leads this Court to conclude that the mere subsequent event of the filing of a charge-sheet cannot compel the accused to surrender and seek regular bail. As a matter of fact, interestingly, if indeed, if a charge-sheet is filed where the accused is on anticipatory bail, the normal implication be that there was no occasion for the investigating agency or the police to require his custody, because there would have been nothing in his behaviour requiring such a step.
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