1999 INSC 0822
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Jaywantbhai M. Sheth

Vs.
Anand V.Nagarsheth

                                         (K.T.Thomas and M.B.Shah JJ.)

25.10.1999
                                                       ORDER

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

In this case, the matter to be decided was whether petitioner was entitled to apply for pre-arrest bail
order under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code in absence of sufficient ground for such
belief. The court held that when the petitioner has no adequate ground for believing that he might be
arrested, he couldn't be allowed to apply for pre -arrest bail order.