Kochi, Jan. 28 -- The Kerala High Court is very unhappy with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Sabarimala gold theft case. Because the police were too slow to finish their report, some of the main suspects have been allowed to leave jail on "default bail."

By law, if the police do not file a formal charge sheet within 90 days, the accused people have a right to be released. This is exactly what happened with the main suspect, Unnikrishnan Potty, and another man named Murari Babu. Justice A Badharudeen warned that if more people get out this way, the public will stop trusting the investigation.

The court heard these details while listening to a request from Pankaj Bhandari, the head of a company called Smart Creation...