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The apex court noted that the court can grant anticipatory bail only when prima facie case is not made out. The key observations include — preliminary inquiry not a must into the case; No prior approval of appointing authority or senior cops required before FIRs; anticipatory bail provision not available; and courts can however quash FIRs in exceptional circumstances.
The apex court judgement came on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act of 2018.
Prasanta Patnaik