Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 624 · Decided 20 September 2010
Sajjan Kumar v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 624 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 669
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1803/2010
- Decided
- 20 September 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 227, 228; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
669 SAJJAN KUMAR v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (Criminal Appeal No. 1803 of 2010) SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 [P. SATHASIVAM AND ANIL R. DAVE, JJ.J A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.227, 228' - Discharge/Framing of charge - Held: While considering the discharge petition filed u/s.227 or at trial, that the judge has to appreciate their evidentiary value, credibility or otherwise of the statements, veracity of various documents and ifthere is "not o sufficient ground" for proceeding against the accused, he· shall discharge the accused by recording reasons - In
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