Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 709 · Decided 1 July 2019
Asim Shariff v. National Investigation Agency
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 709 · [2019] 8 S.C.R. 799
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 949/2019
- Decided
- 1 July 2019
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 3, 27; CrPC Section 227, 239, 482; Constitution Article 482; UAPA Section 16(1)(a), 18, 20; Arms Act Section 3, 27, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20
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) 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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