How long will it take to close the criminal case?

Criminal cases can be closed in five months at the earliest. Criminal cases can be divided into three stages: investigation stage, prosecution stage and trial stage. Under normal circumstances, the public security organ shall not detain a criminal suspect for more than two months. The people's procuratorate shall make a decision on the case transferred for prosecution by the public security organ within one month. When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it.

legal ground

The people's court of Article 208th of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), when trying a case of public prosecution, 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 158 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.