4. The Applicant submits that under Article 83 of the Respondent State's1 Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), trial should take place within three (3) months. The Applicant further avers that under Article 151 of the said code,2 he was entitled to apply for bail at any stage of the proceedings provided that this measure does not constitute a threat and that he is guaranteed legal representation. He further avers that by applications dated 25 October and on 10 and 11 November 2020, his three (3) lawyers requested that he be granted bail. 5. The Applicant states that the said three applications for bail were heard on 15 December 2020. By preliminary Ruling No. 25 of 27 January 2021, the Bamako Commune III High Court granted the Applicant bail. The Prosecution appealed the said ruling. 6. According to one of the Applicant's lawyers, the said preliminary Ruling No. 25 of 27 January 2021 was upheld by the Appeal Court on 25 February 2021 and the Applicant was released on bail. Article 83: “"In the event of a flagrant offence, where the act is punishable by imprisonment, and if the investigating judge is not seized, the public prosecutor may place the accused under a detention order, after having questioned him about his identity and the acts with which he is charged. The same shall apply where, following a preliminary investigation, a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment appears to have been established against an accused, either by his or her own confession or by the unanimous testimony of several witnesses; in this case, the accused must be summoned to appear before the court no later than three months after the detention order. If the public prosecutor fails to comply with this time limit, the administrator of the prison is required to notify him. He shall then immediately bring the accused before the public prosecutor, who shall have him released after having made him observe the formalities of election of domicile. The Justice of the Peace shall be under the same obligation for detentions ordered under this article. The requirement laid down in this Code in respect of proceedings before the trial courts shall apply. The provisions of this article shall not apply to media offences, or offences the prosecution of which is provided for by a special law, or if the persons suspected of having participated in the offence are minors under the age of eighteen years”. 2 Article 151 provides: "Bail may also be requested in any case by any accused or defendant, and at any stage of the proceedings. When a trial court is seized, it shall be responsible for ruling on bail; before referral to the Assize Court and during the interval between assize sessions, this power shall be vested in the indictment chamber. In the event of an appeal, and until the Supreme Court has given its ruling, the application for bail shall be decided by the court which last heard the case on the merits. If the appeal has been lodged against a judgment of the assize court, the detention shall be decided by the indictment chamber. In the event of a decision of lack of jurisdiction and generally in all cases where no court is seized, the indictment chamber shall hear applications for release. In cases where a foreign national, whether charged, accused or convicted, is left or released on bail, only the competent court may assign him or her to a place of residence from which he or she may not be removed, subject to the penalties provided for in Article 191 of the Criminal Code. 1 3