Anticipatory bail is a pre-arrest protection under Indian law, allowing someone to seek bail before they are arrested for a non-bailable offense. It's essentially a court order granting bail in anticipation of arrest. This helps individuals avoid immediate custody and allows them to cooperate with the investigation

Anticipatory bail is the protection to the accused for his future arrest. The anticipatory bail is only applicable in non bailable offences. This type of bail ensure that when the accused got arrested in future, he shall be granted the police bail without any hurdle. Anticipatory bail is only granted by the session courts and high courts. During granting this bail a judge considers the background, repetation of offences of accused, above of this, it is totally depends upon the discretion of the judge.