https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306351 House arrest can amount to custody in principle, but only if it is properly referable to Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for default-bail computation. The Court held that a transit remand made under Section 167 could be counted as custody even if later found illegal, but the house-arrest period in this case was ordered in writ proceedings and not under Section 167. Because that confinement was not custody under the statutory remand provision, it could not be added to the statutory period for default bail. The appellant was therefore not entitled to default bail on that basis. en-us Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:51:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306351 House arrest can amount to custody in principle, but only if it is properly referable to Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for default-bail computation. The Court held that a transit remand made under Section 167 could be counted as custody even if later found illegal, but the house-arrest period in this case was ordered in writ proceedings and not under Section 167. Because that confinement was not custody under the statutory remand provision, it could not be added to the statutory period for default bail. The appellant was therefore not entitled to default bail on that basis. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306351