Chandigarh, Jan. 6 -- The CBI Court on Monday allowed the default bail plea of suspended Punjab police DIG HS Bhullar in a disproportionate assets case registered against him. However, he will continue to remain in judicial custody as the court had earlier dismissed his plea for regular bail in the main corruption case on January 2 this year.

Default bail, also known as statutory or compulsory bail, is an accused person's fundamental right to be released from custody if the investigating agency fails to complete the probe and file a chargesheet within a legally mandated time limit (usually 60 or 90 days).

While allowing the default bail plea, CBI special judge Bhawna Jain stated that the contention of the CBI that the complex transactio...