Navlakha had sought default bail under Section 167 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), claiming he had been in custody for over 90 days. Navlakha, lodged in Navi Mumbai’s Taloja jail, had ...

The fact that an accused was absconding or delayed investigation during the period he/she was on the run would not be relevant for grant of default bail under Section 167(2) of CrPC, the high court ...