https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=448850 At the discharge stage under Section 227, the court applies only limited scrutiny to see whether the materials disclose a prima facie case, grave suspicion, and the ingredients of the offence without weighing evidence as at trial. On the materials showing that the seized khat leaves allegedly contained cathinone and cathine, and in light of the earlier finding that such leaves fall within the NDPS Act by reason of their prohibited content, the accusation could not be treated as groundless. Discharge was therefore rightly refused and the order declining discharge was left undisturbed. en-us Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=448850 At the discharge stage under Section 227, the court applies only limited scrutiny to see whether the materials disclose a prima facie case, grave suspicion, and the ingredients of the offence without weighing evidence as at trial. On the materials showing that the seized khat leaves allegedly contained cathinone and cathine, and in light of the earlier finding that such leaves fall within the NDPS Act by reason of their prohibited content, the accusation could not be treated as groundless. Discharge was therefore rightly refused and the order declining discharge was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=448850