https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459954 At the stage of discharge or framing of charge under Sections 227 and 228 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court must examine only whether the material discloses a prima facie ground for presuming commission of the offence, without weighing its probative value in detail. On the facts stated, witness statements, seizure material, identification proceedings and surrounding circumstances were sufficient to justify continuation of the prosecution, so discharge was refused. However, filing a discharge application could not by itself be treated as delaying tactics, so the special costs imposed and adverse remarks against defence counsel were set aside and expunged. en-us Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:37:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459954 At the stage of discharge or framing of charge under Sections 227 and 228 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court must examine only whether the material discloses a prima facie ground for presuming commission of the offence, without weighing its probative value in detail. On the facts stated, witness statements, seizure material, identification proceedings and surrounding circumstances were sufficient to justify continuation of the prosecution, so discharge was refused. However, filing a discharge application could not by itself be treated as delaying tactics, so the special costs imposed and adverse remarks against defence counsel were set aside and expunged. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459954