Supreme Court of India

Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. Rahul Modi & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 597
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and B. R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 7 February 2022

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.167(2) – Filing of a charge-sheet is sufficient compliance with the prov isions of s.167and that an accused cannot demand release on d efault bail under s.167(2) on the ground that cognizance has not been taken before the expiry of 60 days – The indefeasible right of an acc used to seek statutory bail under Section 167(2) arises only if th e charge- sheet has not been filed before the expiry of the statuto ry period. Allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1 It is clear from the judgment of this Court in Bhikamchand Jain that filing of a charge-sheet is

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