(1) If the defendant has been held to answer pursuant to RCr 3.14(1) and the votes of the grand jurors are insufficient in number to find an indictment as to anyone or more charges or counts presented to the grand jury, the foreperson shall forthwith so report in writing to the circuit court. The circuit court shall thereupon make an order dismissing any such charges or counts without prejudice, discharging the defendant from custody as to any such charges or counts, exonerating the defendant’s bail and any conditions thereon as to any such charges or counts or directing a refund of any money or bonds deposited as bail as to any such charges or counts, as the case may be.(2) If the defendant has been held to answer pursuant to RCr 3.14(1), and the grand jury finally adjourns without having either indicted such defendant or referred the matter to the next grand jury by a writing filed with the circuit court, the circuit court shall thereupon make an order dismissing all charges or counts against such defendant without prejudice, discharging such defendant from custody as to any such charges or counts; or, if such defendant is free on bail that has not been forfeited, exonerating such defendant’s bail and any conditions thereon as to any such charges or counts or directing a refund of any money or bonds deposited as bail as to any such charges or counts, as the case may be. (3) In any event, if a defendant has been held to answer, without being indicted, for longer than 60 days from the finding of probable cause pursuant to RCr 3.14(1), the circuit court shall, upon motion, thereupon make an order discharging such defendant from custody; or, if such defendant is free on bail that has not been forfeited, exonerating such defendant’s bail and any conditions thereon or directing a refund of any money or bonds deposited as bail, as the case may be. (4) Failure of the grand jury to return an indictment against a defendant does not prevent any charge against such defendant from being submitted to another grand jury.
