Shantanu Muluk gets transit anticipatory bail from Bombay HC

Shantanu Muluk who has been allegedly involved in creating a ‘toolkit’ related to farmers’ protests, was granted transit anticipatory bail by the Bombay High Court on February 16, 2021.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

According to Article 22 of the Constitution of India, every person who is “arrested and detained in custody” has to be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of the arrest — the period excludes the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court.

No person can be kept in custody beyond the period of 24 hours without an order of a magistrate. Section 56 of the CrPC states that the person arrested has to be taken before the magistrate without unnecessary delay.

When does a person apply for anticipatory transit bail? When a person is apprehending arrest by the police of a state other than where they are at present, they approach the nearest competent court for a transit anticipatory or pre-arrest bail.