Amendment of section 437

In section 437 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the fourth proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :- “Provided also that no person shall, if the offence alleged to have been committed by him against woman is punishable with imprisonment for not less than seven years, be released on bail by the Court under this sub-section without giving an opportunity of hearing to the Public Prosecutor”.