A MUMBAI court while refusing default bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case has said the Central Bureau of Investigation’s chargesheet met all requirements. Courts cannot be too technical while entertaining bail pleas for not filing the chargesheet within the stipulated period, the special CBI court said on Monday, a detailed order of which was made available on Tuesday.

Judge S H Gwalani had rejected the default bail pleas of Deshmukh and two other accused in the corruption case – the NCP leader’s former personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and ex-personal assistant Kundan Shinde.

The three sought default bail on the ground that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had not submitted its charge sheet within the 60-day mandated period and that the charge sheet filed by the agency was incomplete.

The pleas also claimed the CBI had not submitted relevant documents along with the charge sheet and that those were submitted after the mandated time period.

The CBI had opposed the pleas and argued that it submitted the charge sheet in the mandated time period.

As per section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the charge sheet in a case ought to be filed within 60 days from the arrest of the accused. If not done, then the accused can seek default bail under provisions of CrPC Section 167.