Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the time period for investigation specified under Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be extended by seeking to the supplementary charge qua UAPA of offence. A person accused under Section 18 of the UAPA Act, that default bail under first proviso of Section 167(2) of the Cr.P.C is a fundamental right and not merely a statutory right. Fakhrey Alam V. State of Uttar Pradesh, Cr.A. 319 of 2021.

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