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[6] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 372 OF 2021
Zoheb Nazir Ahmed Shaikh ... Applicant
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The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents
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[7] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 397 OF 2021
Neeraj Shyam Sahay … Applicant
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The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents
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[8] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 399 OF 2021
Sonal Neeraj Sahay … Applicant
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The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents
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[9] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 627 OF 2018
Javed Anand and Anr. ... Applicants
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The State of Gujarat & Ors. ... Respondents
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[10] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION (STAMP) NO.1628 OF 2020
Mohammad Hameed Shaukat Ali ... Applicant
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The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents
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[11] ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1839 OF 2021
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Mr. Mihir Desai, Senior Advocate i/by Mr. Mihir Joshi for Applicant in
ABA/627/2018.
Mr. Amit Desai, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Gopalakrishna Shenoy and Mr.
Mitesh Jain, Jarin Doshi i/by Mr. Kalpesh Joshi Associates for Applicant in
ABA/162/2022.
Mr. Satish Maneshinde a/w Deepal Thakkar i/by Ms. Anandini Fernandes for
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Javed Anand and another Vs. State of Gujarat and another . Following
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Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others . Gadkari, J. took a view that
maintainable.
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Respondent-State of Maharashtra.
cannot be passed since legally they are not sustainable; and neither
a Sessions Court nor a High Court in one State can give protection
Lohariya’s case (supra) has concluded the issue and there was no
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Court, Appellate Side, Rules. Learned A.G. did not agree with the
Desai, on the other hand, took a firm stand that by invoking Section
Revati Mohite Dere, J.) that Shri Mihir Desai’s submissions in that
submitted that the power under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. flows from
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duration and for all practicable purposes this could be resorted to,
11. Shri Amit Desai further submitted that the High Courts
and the Sessions Court are empowered to grant even final relief
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bail can be termed as final order under Section 438 for a limited
further maintained that the High Courts and the Sessions Court do
discussion.
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Appellate Side Rules, 1960 (for short, ‘Appellate Side Rules’) which
reads as follows :
“ CHAPTER I
JURISDICTION OF SINGLE JUDGES AND BENCHES OF THE HIGH COURT
8. Reference to two or more Judges.—If it shall appear to
any Judge, either on the application of a party or otherwise,
that an appeal or matter can be more advantageously heard
by a Bench of two or more Judges, he may report to that
effect to the Chief Justice who shall make such order
thereon as he shall think fit.”
A bare reading of this Rule suggests that the power to make such a
whether it also lies with the Division Bench; if it was felt that the
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Original Side Rules, 1980 (for short, ‘Original Side Rules’), which
reads thus :
“ CHAPTER I
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
28. Reference to two or more Judges: - If it shall appear to
any Judge, either on the application of a party or otherwise,
that a suit or matter can be more advantageously heard by a
bench of two or more Judges, he may report to that effect to
the Chief Justice, who shall make such order thereon as he
shall think fit.”
Appellate Side Rules; and after giving their reasons based on the
General Clauses Act, they held that the words "any Judge"
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that behalf and under that Rule a reference to a Larger Bench can
of the reference to proceed upon the premise that the power of the
The Full Bench proceeded to answer the reference which was made
two Judges.
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Larger Bench of more than two Judges. Such course of action was
the case of Jalgaon Janta Sahakari Bank Ltd. and another Vs. Joint
Petitions.
the case of Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia and others Vs. State of Punjab7.
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not final but are open for appeal or revisional scrutiny and above
this power can be exercised by the Sessions Court or the High Court
State of Maharashtra.
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territorial limits of the High Court and similarly the Sessions Court
Cr.P.C. thus :
follows :
provisions.
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that behalf.
22. The Full Bench of Patna High Court in Syed Zafrul Hassan
this context, that, the reference to the Court is in terms of the Court
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accused.
23. The same issue fell for consideration before a Five Judge
It was ultimately held that the reasoning of the Full Bench decision
of the Patna High Court in the case of Syed Zafrul Hassan (supra)
said Bench of Calcutta High Court agreed with the views of the Full
this view, the Five Judge Bench of Calcutta High Court disagreed
in the case of L.R. Naidu Vs. State of Karnataka9, wherein it was held
that the place of offence was not material while considering the
prayer for bail and the Applicant could move before the Court
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which determines the jurisdiction for anticipatory bail and not the
case of Sandeep Lohariya (supra), the offence had taken place within
under Sections 302, 120B read with 34 of IPC and under Sections 3
and 25 of the Arms Act. The accused Sandeep in that case had
applied for anticipatory bail before this High Court, which was
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under :
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for various Applicants raised an issue which was also in fact was
raised before the bench presided over by Justice Revati Mohite Dere
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that the order passed Sandeep Lohariya’s case (supra) was in the
nature of interim order and it had not decided the question and,
of these parties that the said matter was posted by the Supreme
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not expressing any opinion about the binding nature of this order
binding precedents.
have taken a view that such orders can be passed protecting the
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31. The Madras High Court in the case of S.P. Shanthi Swaroop
Vs. State of Tamil Nadu 10 has considered the Patna High Court Full
view taken by the Full Bench of the Patna High Court was an
extreme one and it was against the very concept of anticipatory bail
as provided under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. and also was affecting the
view of the said definition, the High Court cannot exercise the
the same time, in the same judgment, the Madras High Court
clarified that while granting anticipatory bail the High Court had to
10 1990 SCC OnLine Mad 914
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restrict the relief for a limited period and had to direct the
over the matter in the meantime and also could impose such
ultimately the final relief had to be obtained from the Court having
32. The Delhi High Court went a step further in the case of Capt.
Satish Kumar Sharma Vs. Delhi Administration and others 11. This
Sibbia (supra), N.K. Nayar (supra) and Syed Zafral Hassan (supra).
It was ultimately held that though the Petitioner before the Delhi
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was further held that since the petitioner had reason to believe that
judgment. In that case, the FIR was filed at Rai Police Station,
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residents of Mumbai.
Singh Sibbia’s case (supra) and other judgments, viz., the judgment
of the Karnataka High Court in the case of Dr. L.R. Naidu Vs. State of
Karnataka12 and also the judgment of the Calcutta High Court in the
case of B.R. Sinha Vs. The State13, in the concluding paragraph it was
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The analysis of this judgment shows that the Division Bench held
words in the operative portion were that “In the event of the arrest
part gives rise to a practical difficulty that for the period of one
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month if the Applicants were not arrested at all then this order was
it has to be held that N.K. Nayar’s case (supra) is still good law.
" Maharashtra:
For section 438, substitute the following section,
namely:-
“438. Direction for grant of bail to person
apprehending arrest.--(1) When any person has reason
to believe that he may be arrested on an accusation of
having committed a non-bailable offence, he may
apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for a
direction under this section that in the event of such
arrest, he shall be released on bail; and that Court
may, after taking into consideration, inter alia, the
following factors:--
(i) the nature and gravity or seriousness of
accusation as apprehended by the applicant;
(ii) the antecedents of the applicant including the
fact as to whether he has, on conviction by a
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consideration at the final stage then the Court may either confirm,
outside the State. In this respect, Shri Amit Desai submitted that
limited period.
different Courts i.e. the Sessions Court and the High Court in this
State as well as the Sessions Court and the High Court having
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the High Court can exercise its power under Article 226 of the
It involves liberty of citizens. At the same time, the Court will have
may choose to file his FIR at a far away place in India, by showing
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this type of order to buy time, which could be used to destroy the
are of the view that the matter involves larger interest of the
Larger Bench.
Appellate Side Rules does make such provision and the ratio of the
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(5) Whether the final relief under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. can be
granted for the offences registered or likely to be registered,
outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Sessions Court or
the High Court, as the case may be.
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above, we direct the Registry to place these matters with this order
Deshmane (PS)
Digitally signed
by
PRADIPKUMAR
PRADIPKUMAR PRAKASHRAO
PRAKASHRAO DESHMANE
DESHMANE
Date:
2022.05.05
15:39:20 +0530
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