https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395764 The right to default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC ceases once the final report or complaint is filed and the court takes cognizance. Here, the Special Court had already received the complaint under the NDPS Act, taken cognizance, and issued process, so the request for default bail could not survive. The Court also held that any plea of continuing investigation did not, in this proceeding, unsettle the complaint or cognizance order, especially when those orders were not separately challenged. Accordingly, default bail was not maintainable and was rejected. en-us Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Jun 2020 10:48:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395764 The right to default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC ceases once the final report or complaint is filed and the court takes cognizance. Here, the Special Court had already received the complaint under the NDPS Act, taken cognizance, and issued process, so the request for default bail could not survive. The Court also held that any plea of continuing investigation did not, in this proceeding, unsettle the complaint or cognizance order, especially when those orders were not separately challenged. Accordingly, default bail was not maintainable and was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395764