Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 555 · Decided 18 May 2023
Captain Manjit Singh Virdi (RETD.) v. Hussain Mohammed Shattaf & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 555 · [2023] 6 S.C.R. 469
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1399/2023
- Decided
- 18 May 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Application for discharge - Victim's body was found in a pool of blood in his bedroom - After investigation, charge-sheet was filed against respondent nos.1 & 2 - Trial Court had not yet framed charges - Immediately after was filed - The same was dismissed by the Trial Court - However, the High Court set aside the order passed by the Trial Court and discharged respondent nos. 1 & 2 - On appeal, held: The settled proposition of law is that at the stage of hearing on charges entire
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