Section 250: Discharge

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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1. 1. In Union of India v. Prafulla Kumar Samal (1979), the Supreme Court laid down principles for deciding whether to discharge an accused in a Sessions trial (now Section 250 BNSS). Which of the following correctly states one of those principles?

   A.The Judge must decide the question of discharge mainly on the basis of documents and material produced by the accused in his defenceB.The Judge must discharge the accused unless the prosecution material, taken at its face value, proves guilt beyond reasonable doubtC.The Judge must frame a charge whenever the prosecution papers disclose any suspicion at all against the accused, since at this stage he acts only as a post office of the prosecutionD.The Judge may weigh the evidence for the limited purpose of seeing whether a prima facie case exists, and may discharge if it raises only suspicion, not grave suspicion
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