In Brief
Prakash Chand Meena sought protection under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code in connection with an FIR. This Court granted anticipatory bail with conditions in January 2018. The trial court subsequently granted regular bail, apparently based solely on the anticipatory bail protection. The appellant appealed this order. The Court referred the core question—whether a trial court may grant regular bail solely on the basis of anticipatory bail protection granted by a higher court—to a larger bench and disposed of the appeal without deciding it, while preserving the complainant's right to seek modification of bail conditions before the trial court.
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