Opin and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Revision No. 2950 of 2026, decided May 7, 2026 (Subhash Chandra Sharma, J.). Revision against rejection of discharge application in S.T. No. 884 of 2025 (Case Crime No. 326 of 2023, P.S. Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar) under Sections 323, 506, 307, 452, 325 I.P.C. Court held that at the charge-framing stage only a prima facie view on grave suspicion is required, and for Section 307 I.P.C. the intention of the accused matters rather than the nature of injuries, which may nonetheless infer intention. Finding no illegality in the trial court's order dated 16.02.2026, the revision was dismissed at the admission stage.
What did the court decide?
At the stage of framing of charge, the learned trial court is expected to make scrutiny of the material only with a view to find out a prima facie case; no standard of scrutiny as required during trial is called for, and charge can be framed on mere grave suspicion.