Supreme Court of India

Qamar Ghani Usmani v. The State of Gujarat

Neutral citation
Bench M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 10 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above and, in the facts, and circumstances of the case narrated hereinabove, the appellant is not entitled to the benefit of statutory/default bail.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 167(2) – Default bail – Appellant-accused was arrested on 29.01.2022 – 90 days period u/s. 167 was to expire on 29.04.2022 – On 22.04.2022, IO prayed for extension of time to complete the investigation, Trial Court extended time limit to investigate by 30 days in absence of accused – The accused came to be informed about the extension on 23.04.2022 itself – On 22.05.2022, the IO again prayed for further extension, the same was allowed by 30 days – Second Extension was granted in the presence of the accused – In the meantime, accused submitted the default…

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