PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 8 -- While granting anticipatory bail to a woman who could not attend court proceedings due to pregnancy, the Allahabad high court has observed that the issuance of a proclamation under section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), whereby an accused is declared as absconder, does not create a total embargo on considering anticipatory bail application. Justice Gautam Chowdhary allowed the anticipatory bail application filed by one Monika, a nurse by profession. The court noted that the applicant was "in family way" (pregnant) and had given birth to a child just days before the non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against her. " .it is not as if in all cases that there will be a total embargo on considering the application for grant of anticipatory bail as here in the present case at the time when certain processes were issued against the applicant she was in family way and was unable to appear before the court concerned, this court finds it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail", the bench remarked. The applicant was seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 316 (causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide), 420 (cheating), 504, 120-B of the IPC and relevant sections of the Medical Council Act. The allegation against her was that she served as a nurse in a hospital where the alleged incident occurred. At the outset, the counsel for the informant raised a preliminary objection. It was submitted that since a non-bailable warrant as well as a proclamation under Sections 82 & 83 CrPC had been issued against the applicant earlier, there was no occasion to entertain her anticipatory bail application. The applicant's plea was that she was merely a midwife nurse working under the supervision of the co-accused and had no direct concern with the alleged incident. Addressing the issue of the proclamation, the senior counsel submitted that the charge sheet was filed in November 2024 and cognizance was taken in May 2025. However, when the NBW was issued on October 10, 2025, the applicant was "in family way" and had given birth to a male child on October 6, 2025. The high court in its order dated January 5 passed the above order....