Supreme Court of India

P. Vijayan v. State of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 78
Bench P. Sathasivam and H.L. Dattu JJ.
Decided 27 January 2010

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 227 - Discharge - Retired JPS officer aged 85 years charge-sheeted uls.3021 34 /PC for killing a naxa/ite in a fake encounter, on basis of confession of a constable - Discharge petition u/s. 227 - Rejection of, by courts below - Held: s. 227 confers special power on the judge to discharge accused if. upon consideration of records and documents 'there is no sufficient o ground' for proceeding against accused'- On facts, trial court after evaluating the materials produced by prosecution and after considering the probability of the case, dismissed the

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