What is an Anticipatory Bail? Anticipatory bail is an official statement of bail issued towards a person who might be arrested for a non-bailable offense. If the person involved thinks that he/she may be soon arrested for a non-bailable offense which wasn’t committed by him/her, he/she can officially ask for an Anticipatory Bail to be drafted. The process of the Bail: For the official drafting of the Anticipatory bail, the person responsible has to contact a court of authority. Once the High Court/Supreme Court receives the bails special leave petition , the court can ask the person to provide sufficient reasons to show that he/she might be wrongly accused of a felony. If the court finds the reasons valid, it may draft an Anticipatory Bail on the name of the person. The court also imposes certain restrictions on the person responsible following the issue of the Anticipatory Bail statement. One important thing to note is that for a person to be released v