Summary:
The Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a bill to re-introduce the provision of anticipatory bail, which had been revoked in the state during the Emergency in 1976. The draft bill also proposes amendments for Uttar Pradesh in section 438 (anticipatory bail) of CrPC. One of them is that it will not be necessary for the accused to be present during the hearing for anticipatory bail. The draft bill proposes amendments in the CrPC under section 438. Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar, chairperson of the committee formed to make the draft, said, “Apart from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, all other states have the provision of anticipatory bail..