Article 202 of the Criminal Procedure Law When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, but not more than three months at the latest. 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.