Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted In Cases Under SC/ST Atrocities Act : Madras HC [Read Order]

"A petition for anticipatory bail is maintainable even if the case has been registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ", stated the High Court of Madras led by bench, Justice G.R. Swaminathan. "Section 438 of Cr.PC is not the sole repository of the power to grant anticipatory bail. The High Courts are endowed with...