Supreme Court of India
Asim Shariff v. National Investigation Agency
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons assigned in these paragraphs and in the preceding paragraphs of this order, NIA has established that material adduced 809 by it are sufficient enough to proceed with the case and that the same do give subjective satisfaction of existence of prima-facie case of alleged offences.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 227 – Discharge under – Sought by appellant-accused alongwith other accused – From the charges u/ss. 120B, 109, 150, 153A, 302, 201 r/w s. 34 IPC; u/ss. 3 and 27 of Arms Act; and u/ss. 16(1)(a), 18 and 20 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – Application dismissed by trial court – Dismissal order affirmed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: While examining the discharge application u/s. 227, court is expected to exercise its judicial mind to determine as to whether prima facie case is made out against the accused – The facts of the present…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Ghulam Hassan Beigh v. Mohammad Maqbool Magrey & Ors.
- 2021 State of Rajasthan v. Ashok Kumar Kashyap
Of those, 2 referred to
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