Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Section 438 CrPC | 25-Year Prosecutorial Delay & Prior Bail History Justify Anticipatory Bail : Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court grants anticipatory bail to a 64-year-old accused in a 25-year-old cheating case, holding that prolonged prosecutorial delay and prior bail compliance outweigh the gravity of the offence. The court directed the trial court to dispose of any bail application on the same day of filing, reinforcing the principle that undue delay violates the right to speedy trial under Article 21.