Supreme Court of India

R.S. Mishra v. State of Orissa & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 338
Bench J.M. Panchal and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 1 February 2011

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we find no reason to interfere in the impugned order making certain observations and suggestions which were necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c ss. 227 and 228 - Role of the Judge at the stage of framing of charge - Inter-connection between ss.227 and 228 - Held: When the charge under a particular section is dropped or diluted, (although the accused is not discharged), some minimum reasons in nutshell are expected to be 0 recorded disclosing the consideration of the material on record - On the analogy of a discharge order, the Judge must give his reasons at/east in a nutshell, if he is dropping or diluting any charge, particularly a serious one - It is also necessary for the reason that the order

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