( 1 ) THESE petitions Cr. M (M) 205/83, Cr. M (M) 251/83 with Cr. 504/83 and Cr. M (M) 622/83 by K. T. Advani and Cr. M (M) 1054/83 Cr. 2056/83 Cr. M. 2113/83 and Cr. M. 2120/83 by Rajinder Singh Grover, under S. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, raised common questions of considerable importance, and of some difficulty, with regard to the rights, privileges and of procedural safeguards for a person, who has been granted bail in a case involving violation of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, pending investigation/enquiry by the authorities under the Act into his conduct, and dealings, even through a formal complaint of the offence, if at all, is still to be filed. The proceedings against these two persons are distinct and independent but the petitions are being dealt with by a common order as the controversies are common.

( 2 ) BOTH the petitioners were granted anticipatory bail by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, after he was satisfied that, according to the authorities under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, their dealings and conduct involving contravention of certain provisions of the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act were under investigation. Both the petitioners we

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