https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312886 An incomplete police report filed within the statutory period does not defeat the accused's right to default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC where the accompanying material required by Section 173(5) is missing. The Court treated the report as incomplete because the documents necessary for the Magistrate to take cognizance had not been filed, and the chemical analyser's report was foundational to determine whether the seized substance was ganja. As the required papers under the NDPS framework were also filed after expiry of the prescribed period, the prosecution had not filed a complete report in time. The accused were therefore entitled to default bail. en-us Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:44:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312886 An incomplete police report filed within the statutory period does not defeat the accused's right to default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC where the accompanying material required by Section 173(5) is missing. The Court treated the report as incomplete because the documents necessary for the Magistrate to take cognizance had not been filed, and the chemical analyser's report was foundational to determine whether the seized substance was ganja. As the required papers under the NDPS framework were also filed after expiry of the prescribed period, the prosecution had not filed a complete report in time. The accused were therefore entitled to default bail. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312886