https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309088 At the stage of discharge or framing of charge, the court must limit itself to a prima facie assessment of the FIR, witness statements and other prosecution material, and cannot conduct a mini trial or finally determine the offence on the basis of a post-mortem report alone. A post-mortem report is not substantive evidence by itself; the link between injuries and death must be tested at trial through oral evidence from eyewitnesses and the medical witness. On that basis, discharge from the murder charge was held unjustified, and the accused was required to face trial on the prosecution case as laid. en-us Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309088 At the stage of discharge or framing of charge, the court must limit itself to a prima facie assessment of the FIR, witness statements and other prosecution material, and cannot conduct a mini trial or finally determine the offence on the basis of a post-mortem report alone. A post-mortem report is not substantive evidence by itself; the link between injuries and death must be tested at trial through oral evidence from eyewitnesses and the medical witness. On that basis, discharge from the murder charge was held unjustified, and the accused was required to face trial on the prosecution case as laid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309088