Revision petitioners are accused in R.C. 3 of 1982 of the CBI/SPE, New Delhi arising from the death, by gunshot wounds, of George Soman, Sub-Inspector of Police, Panur Police Station. They were arrested on 11-11-1983. Their request for bail was repeatedly turned down by various courts. Period of 90 days "as contemplated in Proviso (a)(i) to S. 167(2) of the Cr.P.C. (for short 'the Code') was over on 9-2-1984. The investigator filed a Final Report or charge-sheet for offences under S. 120B read with "S. 302 I.P.C. and S. 302 I.P.C. read with S. 34 I.P.C. on 7-2-1984 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam. An additional charge-sheet for offences under S. 120B read with S. 201 I.P.C. and S. 201 I.P.C. read with S. 34 I.P.C. was filed on 15-2-1984. Meanwhile the accused filed Crl M.P. 461 of 1984 seeking bail under Proviso (a)(i) to Section 167(2) of the Code pleading that no valid charge-sheet had been filed within 90 days. This contention was overruled and the petition, was dismissed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate. The legality and propriety of this order is challenged in this revision petition.

2. Learned counsel for the revision petitioners would cont