https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302827 At the charge stage under Section 251-A CrPC, the Magistrate must consider the Section 173 material and discharge the accused if it does not furnish a ground for presuming commission of the offence; the SC held that this judicial power is not mechanical and that the discharge was within jurisdiction. The controlling notifications, circular and deviation order governing manufacture of dhotis also brought the mill within a protective scheme, so the available record negatived mens rea and made the alleged contravention groundless. The discharge of the accused was restored. en-us Wed, 13 Oct 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:15:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302827 At the charge stage under Section 251-A CrPC, the Magistrate must consider the Section 173 material and discharge the accused if it does not furnish a ground for presuming commission of the offence; the SC held that this judicial power is not mechanical and that the discharge was within jurisdiction. The controlling notifications, circular and deviation order governing manufacture of dhotis also brought the mill within a protective scheme, so the available record negatived mens rea and made the alleged contravention groundless. The discharge of the accused was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Oct 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302827