Supreme Court of India

Venkatesan Balasubramaniyan v. The Intelligence Officer, D.R.I. Bangalore

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Reported as [2020] 9 S.C.R. 942
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 20 November 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, these cases are found devoid of merit.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 167(2) and 439(2) – Two cases registered under NDPS Act – One case was of recovery of contraband from the c ar of the appellants-accused in Hyderabad – Another case was o f recovery of contraband from the factory, in the State of Mahar ashtra from where the appellant-accused were transporting the c ontraband – Combined complaint was submitted in respect of both the cases in the Court, in the State of Maharashtra – Default ba il u/s.167(2) granted to appellants-accused by the court in Hyder abad on the ground that charge-sheet was not filed within 180 days

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