https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459953 At the stage of framing of charge, the court examines only whether the prosecution material discloses a prima facie case and does not assess the accused's defence or weigh evidence. Defence documents not forming part of the prosecution case are ordinarily irrelevant at that stage unless they are admitted and unimpeachable. If the prosecution material, even if accepted in full, does not disclose the offence, discharge may follow; otherwise, the accused cannot insist on consideration of disputed defence material. The accused was therefore not entitled to rely on defence documents to seek discharge at the charge-framing stage. en-us Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:30:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459953 At the stage of framing of charge, the court examines only whether the prosecution material discloses a prima facie case and does not assess the accused's defence or weigh evidence. Defence documents not forming part of the prosecution case are ordinarily irrelevant at that stage unless they are admitted and unimpeachable. If the prosecution material, even if accepted in full, does not disclose the offence, discharge may follow; otherwise, the accused cannot insist on consideration of disputed defence material. The accused was therefore not entitled to rely on defence documents to seek discharge at the charge-framing stage. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459953