Made his appearance, the words 'made his appearance' cannot be truncated from the particular context in which that expression is used. It is a salutary principle in the sphere of interpretation of statutory clauses that words in a provision must not be understood merely by their ordinary meanings dehors the context in which such words are used. The words 'made his appearance' in s. 167(5) are used along with the preceding words which by themselves form into a composite collocation as thus: 'From the date on which the accused was arrested or made his appearance'. The purpose of the sub-s. (5) is to impose a time schedule for completion of investiga-tion and such time schedule is to commence either 'from the date of arrest of the accused or the date when he made his appearance in Court', State of West Bengal v. Pranab Ranjan Roy, (1988) 3 SCC 209: AIR 1998 SC 1887 (1890). [Criminal Procedure Code, (20 of 1974), s. 167(5)]
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