According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, under normal circumstances, the time for criminal detention of a party suspected of committing a crime is generally within 14 days, and the longest is no more than 37 days; The period of investigation and detention after arrest shall not exceed two months. If the case is complicated and the time limit cannot be ended, it may be extended for one month with the approval of the people's procuratorate at the next higher level; The people's procuratorate shall make a decision to transfer the prosecution to the public security organ within one month, and the major and complicated cases may be extended for half a month; The trial period of the court generally does not exceed three months.
Therefore, judging from the time stipulated in the above-mentioned procedures, it generally takes five to six months from the date of criminal detention for the court to hold a hearing and make a judgment.
Of course, this is only the approximate time required, and the actual time required depends on the actual handling time of each case-handling organ.
Criminal procedure law
Article 89 If a public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall, within three days after detention, submit it to the People's Procuratorate for examination and approval. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days.
For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.
The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.
Article 154 The period of investigation and detention of a criminal suspect after his arrest shall not exceed two months. If the case is complicated and cannot be concluded at the expiration of the time limit, it may be extended for one month with the approval of the people's procuratorate at the next higher level.
Article 155 For particularly serious and complicated cases that cannot be submitted for trial for a long time due to special reasons, the Supreme People's Procuratorate shall report to the NPC Standing Committee for approval to postpone the trial.
Article 156 If the investigation of the following cases cannot be concluded at the expiration of the time limit stipulated in Article 154 of this Law, it may be extended for two months with the approval or decision of the people's procuratorate of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government:
(1) Major and complicated cases in remote areas with very inconvenient transportation;
(2) Major criminal group cases;
(3) Major and complicated cases of escaping crime;
(four) major and complex cases involving a wide range and difficult to obtain evidence.
Article 157 A criminal suspect may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years. If the extended period stipulated in Article 156 of this Law expires and the investigation is terminated, it may be extended for another two months with the approval or decision of the people's procuratorate of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
Article 158 In the course of investigation, if a criminal suspect is found to have committed other major criminal acts, the time limit for investigation and detention shall be recalculated from the date of discovery in accordance with the provisions of Article 154 of this Law.
Article 169 The People's Procuratorate shall make a decision on a case transferred for prosecution by the public security organ within one month, and may extend it by half a month for major and complicated cases.
If the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes a case and changes its jurisdiction, the time limit for examination and prosecution shall be counted from the date when the changed people's procuratorate receives the case.
Article 171 When examining a case, the people's procuratorate may request the public security organ to provide evidence materials necessary for the trial; If it is believed that there may be cases of collecting evidence by illegal means as stipulated in Article 54 of this Law, it may be required to explain the legality of collecting evidence.
When examining a case, the people's procuratorate may return it to the public security organ for supplementary investigation or conduct its own investigation.
A case under supplementary investigation shall be completed within one month. Supplementary investigation is limited to two times. After the supplementary investigation is transferred to the people's procuratorate, the people's procuratorate recalculates the time limit for examination and prosecution.
If the people's procuratorate still believes that the evidence is insufficient and does not meet the conditions for prosecution in the case of the second supplementary investigation, it shall make a decision not to prosecute.
Article 202 When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case.
The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.