https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308173 The Madras HC held that the statutory right to default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure did not accrue during the Covid-19 lockdown, because the Supreme Court's binding order extending limitation covered the extraordinary disruption to investigation and court functioning. It treated the prescribed period for completing investigation as effectively suspended during the lockdown, so non-filing of the final report within the ordinary time limit did not entitle the accused to bail. The decision applies the Supreme Court's limitation-extending order to prevent default bail from arising where the delay was attributable to the pandemic-related emergency. en-us Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:38:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308173 The Madras HC held that the statutory right to default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure did not accrue during the Covid-19 lockdown, because the Supreme Court's binding order extending limitation covered the extraordinary disruption to investigation and court functioning. It treated the prescribed period for completing investigation as effectively suspended during the lockdown, so non-filing of the final report within the ordinary time limit did not entitle the accused to bail. The decision applies the Supreme Court's limitation-extending order to prevent default bail from arising where the delay was attributable to the pandemic-related emergency. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308173