India, Aug. 14 -- A recent Supreme Court (SC) decision sheds light on contempt of court orders and violation of safeguards at the stages of arrest and remand, both at the hands of the police and the remand-granting Magistrate.

The petitioner approached the Supreme Court with a contempt petition, highlighting the state's excessive actions and failure to comply with an anticipatory bail previously granted by the Court. The petition underscores the mechanical nature of the arrest and remand process, suggesting that these actions were motivated by extraneous factors rather than genuine legal necessity.

An anticipatory bail protects a person fearing arrest for a non-bailable offence against arrest when the court is convinced the arrest is no...