The Rajasthan High Court has recently observed that the right to seek default/statutory bail accrues to the accused in the nature of an indefeasible right, only if such remedy by preferring an appropriate application has been availed of within the prescribed window from the date of expiry of total period of detention of accused person under Section 167 Cr.P.C., until …
The Chhattisgarh High Court arrived at a computation for the delay in filing the charge sheet, where the date of arrest is to be excluded and the date when charge-sheet was filed is to be included. It also held that the grant of default bail is an indefensible right under Section 167 CrPC, and the same cannot be defeated by …