https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184073 At the stage of framing of charges, the court must confine itself to a prima facie assessment and cannot reject prosecution material by weighing its credibility or improbability as if at trial. Here, eyewitness statements, along with burn injuries on the body, were sufficient to support the prosecution version of direct contact with a live wire. The High Court erred in treating the material as inherently absurd and in quashing the charges. The Trial Court's charges under Sections 302 and 304 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 39 of the Indian Electricity Act were restored, and the trial was directed to proceed. en-us Mon, 08 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:03:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184073 At the stage of framing of charges, the court must confine itself to a prima facie assessment and cannot reject prosecution material by weighing its credibility or improbability as if at trial. Here, eyewitness statements, along with burn injuries on the body, were sufficient to support the prosecution version of direct contact with a live wire. The High Court erred in treating the material as inherently absurd and in quashing the charges. The Trial Court's charges under Sections 302 and 304 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 39 of the Indian Electricity Act were restored, and the trial was directed to proceed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 08 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184073