Filing Anticipatory Bail Petitions in Quick Succession Is Abuse of Process, Reduces Litigation to Mere Gamble: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India strongly criticized the repeated filing of anticipatory bail applications within short intervals of time and observed that the legal remedy of anticipatory bail cannot be converted into a gamble. The Court emphasized that anticipatory bail is an extraordinary protection meant to safeguard personal liberty in deserving cases and should not be misused through repeated litigation without substantial change in circumstances. Bench and Important Judicial Observation…