https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157315 At the discharge or charge-framing stage, the court must not weigh evidence as at trial; it must only see whether the materials, taken at face value, disclose grounds for presuming that the accused committed an offence. If the prosecution material, even if unchallenged, cannot make out the offence, discharge is warranted; if it raises a strong suspicion and supports a prima facie case, a charge must be framed. The trial court and High Court applied the wrong trial-level standard, so the discharge orders were held erroneous and the accused was directed to face trial on appropriate charges. en-us Tue, 02 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157315 At the discharge or charge-framing stage, the court must not weigh evidence as at trial; it must only see whether the materials, taken at face value, disclose grounds for presuming that the accused committed an offence. If the prosecution material, even if unchallenged, cannot make out the offence, discharge is warranted; if it raises a strong suspicion and supports a prima facie case, a charge must be framed. The trial court and High Court applied the wrong trial-level standard, so the discharge orders were held erroneous and the accused was directed to face trial on appropriate charges. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 02 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157315