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UP approves anticipatory bail 42 years on
At present, UP and Uttarakhand are the only states that do not have the facility of anticipatory bail.
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath Cabinet, on Tuesday, restored the provision for anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh after a gap of almost 42 years.
The provision for anticipatory bail was revoked in 1976 and the state government had informed the Supreme Court last month that planned to restore the provision.
During the Emergency, the UP government had amended the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), in 1976 and withdrawn the provision of anticipatory bail in the state.
At present, UP and Uttarakhand are the only states that do not have the facility of anticipatory bail. So, in most criminal cases, the accused are first arrested and then they have to seek either regular bail or quashing of charges before the high court, thereby overcrowding jails.
In 2010, the Mayawati government had passed a law providing for anticipatory bail, but the then President, while seeking some clarifications, had sent it back to the governor in September 2011. Since then, the UP government has not got the amended proposal passed in the Assembly.
