Supreme Court of India

Qamar Ghani Usmani v. The State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 824
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 h ereinabove, 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 day s period u/s. 167 was to expire on 29.04.2022 – On 22.04.2022, IO p rayed 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 extensi on on 23.04.2022 itself – On 22.05.2022, the IO again prayed for furthe r extension, the same was allowed by 30 days – Second Extension was granted in the presence of the accused – In the meantime, accused submitted the

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