(CrPC) – Sections 227, 228, 300 – Applicability of Section 300 of CrPC – Stage of discharge under Section 227 Cr.P.C. is a stage prior to framing of the charge (under Section 228 Cr.P.C.) and it is at that stage alone that the court can consider the application under Section 300 Cr.P.C. – Once the court rejects the discharge application, it would proceed to framing of charge under Section 228 Cr.P.C.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CHANDI PULIYA — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…



