Anticipatory Bail Pleas for Offences Punishable by Death Not Entertained by UP Courts Due to State Amendment: Allahabad High Court
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has held that the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act 2018 bars the grant of anticipatory bail in cases where the offense is punishable by a death sentence. This interpretation was delivered by a bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari in response to a question referred by a single judge of the High Court in April…
