Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1313 · Decided 3 December 2019
Bhawna Bai v. Ghanshyam and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1313 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1820/2019
- Decided
- 3 December 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; CrPC Section 228, 226
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.228 - Framing of charges - Standard of proof - Held: At the stage of framing the charge, the court has to see if there is sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused - While evaluating the materials, strict standard required; only prima facie case against the accused is to be seen. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.228 - Charges framed against accused-respondent under s.302 r/w s.34 IPC - Prosecution case was that dead body of the husband of the appellant-complainant was found in the field of
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