Legal Question in Criminal Law in India

I have filed an application under Cr.P.C. 227 for discharge and submitted a document to prove that the document submiited by prosection is incorrect and flase. In a Criminal Appeal of 2010 Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 6374 of 2010 Sajjan Kumar (Appelant) Vs. CBI wherein the Apex Court made observations on Scope of Discharge under Cr.P.C.227 and issued direction to Trial Judge as under

" the trial Judge is free to analyse, appreciate, evaluate and arrive at a proper conclusion based on the materials being placed by prosecution as well as the defence. "

Can this judgement help me in getting relief from the Trail Court. Please advice. Thanking you.


Asked on 10/17/11, 8:04 pm

4 Answers from Attorneys

Shrichand Nahar S.V.Nahar, Advocate

A precedent has to be read completely and ratio is binding on lower court.

The above lines appear in the last para of the judgement and does not appears to be ratio for deciding a discharge application.

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Answered on 10/17/11, 9:25 pm
Sudershan Goel India Law Offices of Sudershan Goel - Advocate

As per settled law, the trial court is required to consider the ENTIRE MATERIAL placed on record by the prosecution; and the defence is not entitled to produce any material at the stage of charge. The judgement you have cited may be between the parties of that case in a specific situation. However, appropriate opinion may depend after perusing complete facts of both cases - your case and the case you have mentioned. Therefore, you lawyer defending you in trial court should be able to guide you better.

You are welcome to send me your documents by e-mail for appropriate opinion.

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Answered on 10/19/11, 6:26 am
Sudershan Goel India Law Offices of Sudershan Goel - Advocate

After my answer above, I read the complete judgement cited by you. The following observatons of the Hon'ble Supreme court are not applicable at the stage of framing charge but only at the stage of conclusion of trial. You have misunderstood these observations :

"...... the trial judge is free to analyse, appreciate, evaluate and arrive at a proper conclusion based on the materials being placed by prosecution as well as the defence".

If you read the entire judgement, you will find that the order framing charge by trial court has been upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the trial court has been directed to conclude the trial expeditiously since it is an incident of 1984.

The argument of Mr U.U.Lalit, counsel for the appellant, that the closure report of Delhi police should be accepted, has not been accepted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

Therefore, your application u/s 227 of Cr. P. C. for consideration of a document produced by you may not be maintainable. However, you need to draw pointed attention of the court to any material on record, produced by the prosecution, which goes in your favour to seek discharge.

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Answered on 10/19/11, 6:45 am
Aniruddha Pawse Aniruddha.P.Pawse Advocates

i agree with my colleagues.

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Answered on 10/20/11, 6:30 am


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