https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279691 The phrase "imprisonment for a term not less than ten years" in Section 167(2)(a)(i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies only to offences carrying a minimum sentence of ten years or more, not merely where the maximum sentence may extend to ten years; on that construction, such offences remain in the 60-day category for default bail. The Court also held that the statutory right to default bail accrues once the prescribed period expires without a charge sheet and may be effectively invoked by an oral plea made while the right subsists, without being defeated by later filing of the charge sheet or by technical objections. The accused was therefore entitled to release on default bail terms. en-us Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:13:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279691 The phrase "imprisonment for a term not less than ten years" in Section 167(2)(a)(i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies only to offences carrying a minimum sentence of ten years or more, not merely where the maximum sentence may extend to ten years; on that construction, such offences remain in the 60-day category for default bail. The Court also held that the statutory right to default bail accrues once the prescribed period expires without a charge sheet and may be effectively invoked by an oral plea made while the right subsists, without being defeated by later filing of the charge sheet or by technical objections. The accused was therefore entitled to release on default bail terms. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279691