One example of how this 72 hours protection works on some states

I am also a female victim of false 498a……my entire family was getting threats for 3-4 years about 498a filing….so in the middle we maintained diplomacy wid the girl & parallel we approached local Sessions Court and filed application for anticipatory bail….Court didnt grant us anticipatory bail but issued an order of “72 hours pre arrest notice & this was without any limitation of time””

a year later my bhabhi filed 498a, police quietly took entire family to police station & they told us about the 498a FIR…..but we also acted smart by god’s grace…We had readied a big file against my bhabhi which comprised of many letters sent to police, etc about my bhabhi & all legal notices exchanged….Police came across court’s order of 72 hours pre-arrest notice and hence none of my family members could be arrested…..in those 3 days, we applied for bail…we got a protection bail & not a proper bail….and bhabhi’s husband was refused bail and he had to approach high court & we filed in high court all correspondences…..believe me no effort will go waste, dont give up…..498a is an extortion tool thatz it…..

high court granted bail to my brother on condition depositing in the name of child some lakhs….and then usual trial of 498a started./////

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