Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 158 · Decided 7 February 2022
Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. Rahul Modi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 158 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 597
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 185/2022
- Decided
- 7 February 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 167(2), 167; Companies Act Section 212(1)(c), 212(15)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.167(2) - Filing of a charge-sheet is sufficient compliance with the provisions of s.167and that an accused cannot demand release on default bail under s.167(2) on the ground that cognizance has not been taken before the expiry of 60 days right of an accused to seek statutory bail under Section 167(2) arises only if the charge- sheet has not been filed before the expiry of the statutory period. Allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1 It is clear from the judgment of this Court in Bhikamchand Jain that filing of a charge-sheet
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