HCs can grant bail in cases filed under SC/ST Act

Though SC/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 bars anticipatory bail people facing cases under the Act, high courts can still grant them the relief by invoking their inherent power under Section 482 of CrPC and, ruled Madras high court on Wednesday.

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