Supreme Court of India

M. Ravindran v. The Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 26 October 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellant acquired the right for grant of statutory bail on 17-7-2012, when his custody was held to be illegal by the Additional Sessions Judge since his application for statutory bail was pending at the time when the application for extension of time for continuing the investigation was filed by the prosecution.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 167(2) r/w s. 36A of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Default bail/ Compulsive bail – Application for – After completion of 180 days from the remand date – Bail granted by trial court – High Court set aside the bail order on the ground that since additional complaint was filed before disposal of the bail application, bail could not have been granted – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Section 167(2) was enacted with the objectives of ensuring fair trial, expeditions investigation and trial and reasonable procedure prior to depriving any…

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