Arrest Not Mandatory for Non-Bailable Offenses if Accused Cooperates: SC

Siddharth Vs State Of Uttar Pradesh & Anr  (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court of India addressed the question of whether the anticipatory bail application of the appellant, Siddharth, should have been granted. The appellant was implicated in a FIR registered seven years prior, along with 83 other private individuals, for allegedly supplying stone with advance royalty payment and claimed no involvement in the tendering process. He had joined the investigation. The trial court reportedly refused to take the chargesheet on record unless the accused was taken into custody, citing Section ...