https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467198 Statutory bail under the proviso to Section 167(2) CrPC was held available where the earlier final report had been filed while the accused was absconding and investigation against him was not complete. The court treated the ninety-day custody period as running from the accused's actual custody, not from the earlier filing of the report, because further investigation and additional evidence were still required. A supplementary final report that had been returned as defective and was not validly re-presented within the statutory period did not defeat the bail right. Continued detention was therefore found unwarranted and bail was granted on conditions. en-us Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:26:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467198 Statutory bail under the proviso to Section 167(2) CrPC was held available where the earlier final report had been filed while the accused was absconding and investigation against him was not complete. The court treated the ninety-day custody period as running from the accused's actual custody, not from the earlier filing of the report, because further investigation and additional evidence were still required. A supplementary final report that had been returned as defective and was not validly re-presented within the statutory period did not defeat the bail right. Continued detention was therefore found unwarranted and bail was granted on conditions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467198