While deciding Criminal Appeal number 1081,1082 and 1083 of 2015 Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 3611,3612,3613 of 2015 respectively the Supreme Court on 21st August in it's judgement answered "A common question of law involved in these three appeals as to whether no remand in police custody can be given to the investigating agency in respect of the absconding accused who is arrested only after filing of the charge sheet." As per the judgement " If sufficient evidence has been obtained to raise a suspicion that the accused may have committed an offence, and it appears likely that further evidence may be obtained by a remand, this is a reasonable cause for a remand.” The principle of law laid down by the three judge bench of the Supreme Court in State v. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (supra) that police remand can be sought under Section 167(2) CrPC in respect of an accused arrested at the stage of furt...
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