Delhi High Court: Pre-Arrest Bail Cannot Be Routinely Granted Since Accused May Use It As Shield, Custodial Interrogation To Be Avoided When Accused Joins Probe

The Delhi High Court in the case Prithvi Raj Kasana And Ors. v. State observed and has said that an order for the grant of pre-arrest bail cannot be passed in a routine manner in order to allow the accused to use it as a shield.

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The bench headed by Justice Amit Mahajan in the case observed and has stated that a great amount of humiliation and disgrace is attached to arrest, and custodial interrogation must be avoided where the accused has joined the investigation, cooperates with the investigating agency and is not likely to abscond.

The court in the case stated that it cannot be denied that great amount of humiliation and disgrace is attached with the arrest.