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State of Tamil Nadu by Ins.of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption v. N. Suresh Rajan & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 135
Bench Chandramauli Kr Prasad and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 6 January 2014

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We are of the opinion that this was not the stage where the court should have appraised the evidence and discharged the accused as if it D was passing an order of acquittal.

Judgment, page 22

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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s. 239 - Discharge of accused - Accused charged with offences punishable u/s 109 IPC ands. 13(2) r/IN s. 13 (1) (e) ·c of Prevention of Corruption Act - Acquiring of properties disproportionate to known sources of income - Held: At the stage of consideration of an application for discharge, court has to proceed with an assumption that the materials brought on record by prosecution are true and to evaluate the said materials and documents with a view to find out whether the facts emerging therefrom taken at their face value disclose the existence of all the

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Of those, 3 relied on · 8 referred to

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