https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175977 The power of discharge under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is confined to the pre-charge stage. Once a Court of Session has considered the materials and framed charge under Section 228, it must proceed with the trial under the succeeding provisions and cannot later revert to Section 227 to discharge the accused. The commentary also notes that Section 362 does not permit reconsideration of a charge-framing order, and Section 216 allows alteration or addition of charge but not discharge or termination of the trial after charge has been framed. en-us Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:34:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175977 The power of discharge under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is confined to the pre-charge stage. Once a Court of Session has considered the materials and framed charge under Section 228, it must proceed with the trial under the succeeding provisions and cannot later revert to Section 227 to discharge the accused. The commentary also notes that Section 362 does not permit reconsideration of a charge-framing order, and Section 216 allows alteration or addition of charge but not discharge or termination of the trial after charge has been framed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175977