Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- A special CBI court on Thursday dismissed the default bail application of former Punjab DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

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).

The DA case is an offshoot of the bribery case in which Bhullar and his alleged aid Kirshanu Sharda were arrested on October 16. The allegations are that they were seeking Rs.8 lakh bribe from a scrap dealer from Mandi Gobindgarh, to settle an old FIR. While the CBI has already filed a chargesheet ...