2015 Supreme(Raj) 1951
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AT JAIPUR BENCH
Mahesh Chandra Sharma, J.
Kamla Pareek - Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan - Respondent
S.B. Cr. Misc. Bail Appl. No. 8476 of 2015.
Decided On : 18-11-2015
For the Petitioner:Nitin Jain, Advocate.
For the Respondent: N.S. Shekhawat, Public Prosecutor.
For the Complainant:Rajesh Poonia, Advocate.
Section 438 Cr.P.C. is applicable only in the event of apprehension of arrest and cannot be invoked by a person who has already been arrested and released on bail.
Headnote:
BAIL - SECTION 438 CR.P.C. - SECTION 438 CR.P.C. IS APPLICABLE ONLY IN THE EVENT OF APPREHENSION OF ARREST - PETITIONER ALREADY ARRESTED AND RELEASED ON BAIL - CANNOT INVOKE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 438 CR.P.C.
Fact of the Case:
Petitioner, accused of forgery and cheating, was arrested and released on bail by a Kolkata court on the condition that she surrender before the concerned court in Jaipur by 30.7.2015 and submit a compliance report by 5.8.2015. Instead of surrendering, she filed an anticipatory bail application before the Jaipur court.
Finding of the Court:
The court found that the petitioner had been released on bail by the Kolkata court and had not complied with the condition imposed by it, showing utter disregard for the judicial order. It also noted that Section 438 Cr.P.C. is applicable only in the event of apprehension of arrest, and since the petitioner had already been arrested and released on bail, she could not invoke its provisions.
Issues: Whether the petitioner can invoke the provisions of Section 438 Cr.P.C. for anticipatory bail when she has already been arrested and released on bail.
Ratio Decidendi: The court relied on the Supreme Court judgment in Narinderjit Singh Sahni and anr. v. Union of India and ors., which held that Section 438 Cr.P.C. is applicable only in the event of apprehension of arrest and cannot be invoked by a person who has already been arrested and released on bail.
Final Decision: The court dismissed the petitioner's bail application, holding that she could not invoke the provisions of Section 438 Cr.P.C. since she had already been arrested and released on bail.
"Accused Smt. Kamala Pareek is produced in this court today on being discharged from the hospital.
ASI of police, Mahaveer Prasad of Mahesh Nagar P/S, Jaipur, Rajasthan files a fresh prayer seeking transit remand of the accused for her transit to Jaipur for production before the court of Ld. Metropolitan Magistrate No. 30, Jaipur, Mahanagar.
A bail petition has been filed on behalf of the accused.
Heard Ld. Advocate for the accused as well as the Ld. APP.
Perused the material in the case record.
Considered.
It appears that the accused was arrested on execution of warrant of arrest issued by Ld. Metropolitan Magistrate No. 30, Jaipur, Mahanagar and immediately after her arrest, her physical condition deteriorated and she had to be admitted to Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality Deshbandhunagar Hospital, Kolkata where from she was shifted to Rotary Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. The accused has been released from the hospital with the advice to continue medical management. A number of medicines have also been prescribed for the accused by the concerned doctor. On production of the accused in the court today it could be seen that the accused is still having vomiting tendency and her physical condition does not seem proper for her transit to Jaipur which is far off from this place.
In the circumstances, considering the physical condition of the accused, the prayer for transit remand of the accused is rejected.
In consideration of the facts & circumstances stated above, the prayer for bail of the accused is allowed.
Accordingly, the accused Kamala Pareek may be released on bail till 30.7.2015 on her furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of Rs. 10,000/- each one of whom must be an Advocate surety on further condition that on being released on bail she shall surrender before the concerned court positively by 30.7.2015 and a compliance report with regard to her surrender before the concerned court has to be submitted before this court positively by 5.8.2015 by the Ld. Advocate Md. Kalam and Ld. Advocate Prasenjit Sen."