27/03/2022
The Supreme Court has observed that a mandatory direction to arrest the accused cannot be issued by a Court ordinarily while rejecting his petition for anticipatory bail.
When the prayer for pre-arrest bail is declined, it is for the investigating agency to take further steps in the matter, the bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose observed.
Case-: M. C. Abraham and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.: (2003) 2 SCC 649.
