Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 337 · Decided 10 April 2023

Qamar Ghani Usmani v. The State of Gujarat

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2023 INSC 337 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 824
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1045/2023
Decided
10 April 2023
Bench
M.R. SHAH, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
CrPC Section 167(2), 167

Headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 167(2) - Default bail - Appellant-accused was arrested on 29.01.2022 - 90 days period u/s. 167 was to expire on 29.04.2022 - On 22.04.2022, IO prayed for extension of time to complete the investigation, to investigate by 30 days in absence of accused - The accused came to be informed about the extension on 23.04.2022 itself - On 22.05.2022, the IO again prayed for further extension, the same was allowed by 30 days - Second Extension was granted in the presence of the accused

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