Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [2020] 12 S.C.R. 915
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 whe n 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 Psychotr opic Substances Act, 1985 – Default bail/ Compulsive bail – Appl ication 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 dispos al of the bail application, bail could not have been granted – Ap peal to Supreme Court – Held: Section 167(2) was enacted wi th the objectives of ensuring fair trial, expeditions investi gation and trial and reasonable procedure prior to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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