This batch of seven bail applications before the Kerala High Court raised a common legal question: whether an accused person released on bail due to non-compliance with Article 22(1) or 22(2) of the Constitution can be rearrested for the same offence once the procedural defects are rectified. All applicants were accused in offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and were rearrested immediately after being released on bail for procedurally defective initial arrests. The applicants argued that such rearrest was arbitrary, violated Article 21, and lacked any statutory basis, while the prosecution contended that rearrest is permissible once procedural deficiencies are cured and sufficient material exists to justify arrest. The court appointed an Amicus Curiae to assist in examining this important question of law. The judgment text as provided ends before the court's final ruling is recorded.