Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Section 438

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Section 438—Anticipatory bail—Section 438, held, is not extraordinary in the sense that it should be invoked only in exceptional or rare cases—Some courts of smaller strength have erroneously observed that section 438 Cr.P.C. should be invoked only in exceptional or rare cases—Those orders are contrary to the law laid down by the judgment of the Constitution Bench in Sibbia’s case [(1980) 2 SCC 565].