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Karnataka High Court quashes a 14-day police custody order despite prior anticipatory bail, holding that subsisting bail cannot be overridden without cancellation by a competent court. The ruling reinforces that police custody orders issued in contravention of valid anticipatory bail are legally unsustainable.

Karnataka High Court rules that anticipatory bail granted under Section 438 CrPC remains valid even if new offences are added to the FIR, unless it is lawfully cancelled under Section 439(2) CrPC. The decision underscores that police custody cannot override subsisting anticipatory bail without proper legal cancellation.