Answer is A is correct. Supreme Court in Gurbaksh Singh v. State of Punjab (1980) ruled that “Section 438(1) should be interpreted in the light of Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the Constitution.” Also observed that granting anticipatory bail is a matter of right of an individual and that cannot be limited by time. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.

Answer is D is correct. When any person accused of, or suspected of, the commission of any non- bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station or appears or is brought before a Court other than the High Court or Court of Session, he may be released on bail as per Section 437 of the Act. Though, there are conditions whereby bail should not be granted in non-bailable offences. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.

Answer is C is correct. Provision itself in its first clause states where a person has, during the period of investigation, inquiry or trial under this Code of an offence under any law (not being an offence for which the punishment of death has been specified as one of the punishments under that law) undergone detention for a period extending up to one-half of the maximum period of imprisonment specified for that offence under that law, he shall be released by the Court on his personal bond with or without sureties. Though, while calculating the period of detention the period of detention passed due to delay in proceeding caused by the accused shall be excluded. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.

Answer is C is correct. Bail is a matter of right in cases of bailable offences and both court and police officer has power to grant bail to the person who is applying for the bail. As per Section 436 any person other than a person accused of a non-bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station, or appears or is brought before a Court, and is prepared at any time while in the custody of such officer or at any stage of the proceeding before such Court to give bail, such person shall be released on bail. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.

Answer is C is correct. As per Section 425 of the Act every warrant for the execution of a sentence may be issued either by the Judge or Magistrate who passed the sentence, or by his successor-in- office. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.