Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 152 · Decided 19 March 2001
SMT. Om Wat! and ANR. v. STATE. Through Delhi ADMN. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 152 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 482
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 304/2001
- Decided
- 19 March 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 302; CrPC Section 227; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Code o.f Criminal Pmcedure, 1973 : Sections 227 and 228. Framing of charge-Reasons for-Requirement of-Trial court framed c charges against the accused-But High Court quashed the charges and directed trial coutt to give reasons-Correctness o,f-Held: Reasons are required to be recoded only lvhen the the accused-The trial cou1r& not required to rne- ticulously consider the evidence at the time offraming~f charges-Hence, High Coun erred in directing tlze trial cou11 to give reasons.forfra1ning of charges. D The appellant's son was heaten to death hy the accused-respondents. The trial court
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