Mahesh M S vs State Of Karnataka on 1 December, 2020
79.2. There is no absolute bar against
grant of anticipatory bail in cases under the
Atrocities Act if no prima facie case is made out
or where on judicial scrutiny the complaint is
found to be prima facie mala fide. We approve
the view taken and approach of the Gujarat High
Court in Pankaj D. Suthar [Pankaj D. Suthar v.
State of Gujarat, (1992) 1 Guj LR 405] and N.T.
Desai [N.T. Desai v. State of Gujarat, (1997) 2
Guj LR 942] and clarify the judgments of this
Court in Balothia [State of M.P. v. Ram Kishna
Balothia, (1995) 3 SCC 221 : 1995 SCC (Cri) 439]
and Manju Devi [Manju Devi v. Onkarjit Singh
Ahluwalia, (2017) 13 SCC 439 : (2017) 4 SCC
(Cri) 662] ;