P&H: Refuses Default Bail Plea After Valid Extension Of Time To File Challan
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by Raj Singh @ Raju, who had challenged the order refusing him default bail in a heroin possession case.
The petitioner was facing an FIR alleging recovery of 503 grams of heroin. He argued that he was entitled to default bail because the police had not filed the final report within the prescribed time.
The prosecution, however, had already moved an application seeking extension of time to submit the challan, stating that the FSL report had not been received despite reminders. The Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran, granted...
