Supreme Court of India

Asim Shariff v. National Investigation Agency

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 799
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 1 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons assigned in these paragraphs and in the pre ceding paragraphs of this order, NIA has established that material adduced 809 by it are sufficient enough to proceed with the case and that t he same do give subjective satisfaction of existence of prima -facie case of alleged offences.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 227 – Discharge under – Sought by appellant-accu sed alongwith other accused – From the charges u/ss. 120B, 109 , 150, 153A, 302, 201 r/w s. 34 IPC; u/ss. 3 and 27 of Arms Act; and u/ ss. 16(1)(a), 18 and 20 of Unlawful Activities (Prevent ion) Act – Application dismissed by trial court – Dismissal order af firmed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: While ex amining the discharge application u/s. 227, court is expected to exer cise its judicial mind to determine as to whether prima facie case is made out against the accused – The facts of the

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