Supreme Court of India

Smt. Om Wat! and Anr. v. State. through Delhi Admn. and Ors.

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Bench K.T. Thomas and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 19 March 2001

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Code o.f Criminal Pmcedure, 1973 : Sections 227 and 228. Framing of charge-Reasons for-Requirement of-Trial court framed c charges against the accused-But High Court quashed the charges and directed trial coutt to give reasons-Correctness o,f-Held: Reasons are required to be recoded only lvhen the accused is discharged-No reasons are required lvhen charges arefra1ned against the accused-The trial cou1r& not required to rne- ticulously consider the evidence at the time offraming~f charges-Hence, High Coun erred in directing tlze trial cou11 to give reasons.forfra1ning of charges.

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