S.482 BNSS Widened Court's Discretion On Anticipatory Bail By Deleting Guiding Factors Like Nature Of Offence, Antecedents: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently pointed that Section 482 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) has widened the discretion conferred upon a criminal court wile deciding the anticipatory bail plea of a person apprehending arrest.Justice Goutam Bhaduri highlighted that the legislature has deleted the "guiding factors", contained in the erstwhile CrPC, from the...