Discharge of Accused Archives

Supreme Court Judgments on discharge of accused

Skipping to reconsider Minakshi Bala case, Supreme Court surveys judgments on discharge of accused to set aside vexatious prosecution

“The High Court should have intervened and discharged the appellants. But this Court will intervene, being the sentinel on the qui vive.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Why Supreme Court suspended Bombay High Court’s order discharging UAPA accused Prof GN Saibaba & others

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah and bela M. Trivedi, JJ assembled on Saturday to hear the appeal against the Bombay

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Trial Court not a ‘mere post office’; must apply its mind while framing charges: SC unimpressed with discharge of murder accused based on postmortem report only

Ultimately, upon appreciation of the entire evidence on record at the end of the trial, the trial court may take one view or the other i.e. whether it is a case of murder or case of culpable homicide. But at the stage of framing of the charge, the trial court could not have reached to such a conclusion merely relying upon the port mortem report on record.

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Statement recorded immediately after incident is more credible than the one recorded after 5 months; discharge of accused upheld

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., upheld the order of the trial court discharging the respondent who was accused of committing offences punishable