Supreme Court of India

Captain Manjit Singh Virdi (retd.) v. Hussain Mohammed Shattaf & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 469
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 18 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order of the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Application for discharge – Victim’s body was found in a pool of blood in his bedroom – After investigation, charge-sheet was filed again st respondent nos.1 & 2 – Trial Court had not yet framed charges – Immediatel y after filing of charge-sheet, application for disch arge was filed – The same was dismissed by the Trial Court – However , the High Court set aside the order passed by the Trial Court and discharg ed respondent nos. 1 & 2 – On appeal, held: The settled propos ition of law is that at the stage of hearing on charges enti re evidence produced by

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