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Directions: Choose the best option. In a bailable offence, the bail is granted as a matter of right by whom?

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Directions: Choose the best option.
In a bailable offence, the bail is granted as a matter of right by whom?
  1. By the Police Officer
  2. By the Court
  3. Both by the Police Officer and the Court
  4. Neither the Police Officer nor the Court

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C - Both by the Police Officer and the Court
Under s.478 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly s.436 CrPC) a person accused of a bailable offence who is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station, or who appears before a court, shall be released on bail. So bail is a matter of right before both the police officer and the court.

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