Ratnavel Pandian, J.

1. This revision is preferred by accused 1 to 4 in Crime No. 49/81 of Ponneri Police Station, registered under Sections 448, 341 and 323, I.P.C. challenging the legality of the order passed by the learned Judicial Second Class Magistrate, Ponneri, before whom the above said case is pending, rejecting the prayer of the accused in Crl. M. P. No. 1216/82 seeking the stoppage of further proceedings in the matter on the ground that the investigation in that case, which is a summons case, had not been concluded within a period of six months from the date of their arrest, as contemplated under Section 167 (5), Cr. P. C and seeking an order striking off the charge-sheet and discharging the accused.

2. The learned Magistrate has dismissed the said application on the following grounds, viz., (1) that the perusal of the charge-sheet discloses that the occurrence took place on 2-3-1981 and that the investigating officer had completed his investigation by 6-5-1981, (2) that the delay in sending the charge-sheet and the records to the Court on 5-3-1982 (sic 9-3-82) had occasioned due to the fact that the medical officer had given her opinion about the nature of the injury