https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290312 An offence under Section 304B IPC falls within the ninety-day custody period under Section 167(2)(a)(i) CrPC because the provision is punishable with imprisonment for life; the relevant test is whether the offence is liable to that punishment, not whether a lesser minimum term also appears. A police report under Section 173(2), read with the accompanying documents under Section 173(5), is not rendered ineffective merely because some material is filed separately, provided the statutory requirements are substantially met within time. The document therefore states that timely placement of the investigation material can satisfy the default-bail requirement. en-us Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:46:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290312 An offence under Section 304B IPC falls within the ninety-day custody period under Section 167(2)(a)(i) CrPC because the provision is punishable with imprisonment for life; the relevant test is whether the offence is liable to that punishment, not whether a lesser minimum term also appears. A police report under Section 173(2), read with the accompanying documents under Section 173(5), is not rendered ineffective merely because some material is filed separately, provided the statutory requirements are substantially met within time. The document therefore states that timely placement of the investigation material can satisfy the default-bail requirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290312