ORDER

1. This order shall also govern the disposal of MCrC No.16430/2021, as both these petitions under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 have arisen out of an order dated 10.3.2021 passed by 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Indore, District Indore (MP) in Criminal Revision No.04/2021.

2. The aforesaid criminal revision was filed by the respondent / State of Madhya Pradesh against the order dated 29.1.2021 passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, District Indore (MP) in Criminal Case No. 266/2020 whereby the learned Judicial Magistrate has granted the “default bail” to the petitioners under section 167 (2)(a)(ii) of the Cr.P.C. on the ground that the charge sheet has not been filed within the prescribed period of 60 days.

3. Dehors the unnecessary details, the brief facts of the case are that the petitioners were initially arrested on 2.11.2020 in connection with an offence under sections 420 and 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with section 3/4 of the MP Public Gambling Act, 1976, but as the investigation ensued, it was found that the offence also involved sections 467, 468 and 471 of IPC and sections 66-C and 66-D of Information Te