Reasoned orders under Section 251 CrPC are mandatory; non-speaking refusal to consider objections was set aside and remanded.

An order framing notice under Section 251 CrPC and a connected order declining to address the petitioner's objections were set aside because they were not reasoned and did not deal with the specific pleas raised. The court found total non-application of mind and disregard of an earlier direction requiring the trial court to decide the objections by a speaking order. The matter was remitted to the trial court for fresh consideration and for a reasoned decision after examining all objections raised by the petitioner.

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Issues: Whether the impugned order framing notice under Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the connected order refusing to deal with the petitioner's pleas were liable to be set aside for want of a reasoned decision, and whether the matter should be remitted for fresh consideration.

Analysis: The earlier direction required the trial court to decide the petitioner's objections by a reasoned order. The impugned orders did not address the specific pleas and were found to show total non-application of mind and disregard of the earlier directions. In such circumstances, the orders could not be sustained and the trial court was required to reconsider the matter after dealing with all objections raised by the petitioner.

Conclusion: The impugned orders were set aside qua the petitioner, and the matter was remitted to the trial court to pass a fresh reasoned order after considering all pleas raised by the petitioner.

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