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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN
ANIL PRAKASH GOYAL S/O SHRI PREM PRAKASH GOYAL – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANOOP KUMAR DHAND, J.
1. The Hon’ble Apex Court while deciding Special Leave Petition (Crl.) Diary No.7155/2026 has directed vide order dated 27.02.2026 to decide two criminal misc. petitions bearing No.7218/2022 and 7586/2022 pending before this Court, assailing the validity of the F.I.R. No.90/2021, registered at the Police Station Mahila Thana (South) Jaipur for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406 & 323 IPC and the consequent proceedings arising out of the Criminal Case No.22890/2022 pending before the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate No.12, Jaipur Metropolitan-I, wherein charge-sheet has been submitted against the petitioners for the above stated offences.
2. Since common prayer has been made in both these petitions, hence, with the consent of counsel for the parties, their arguments have been heard together and these petitions are being decided by this common order.
3. A preliminary objection has been taken by counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant-respondent Mr.V.R. Bajwa, Sr. Adv. that during pendency of these petitions, charges have been framed against the petitioners for the offences under Sections 498-A & 406 IPC by the learned Trial Judge vid
An order framing charges in a criminal trial is not purely interlocutory or final and can be challenged in revision under certain circumstances, but generally, recourse should first be sought from th....
Charges must be framed only after considering all evidence, including supplementary reports, to ensure fair trial rights of the accused.
The court has the power to frame charges against an accused person if there is sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case against him.
Economic Offences-unlawful circulation of cigarettes – Quash of FIR - where a criminal proceeding is manifestly attended with malafide and/or where the proceeding is maliciously instituted with an ul....
The High Court affirmed the Assistant Sessions Judge's authority to frame a further charge after trial as permitted by the Criminal Procedure Code's provisions.
Merely because three separate FIRs have been filed do not mean that they could not be clubbed together and one charge-sheet could not be filed.
The court affirmed that at the charge framing stage, only a prima facie case is required, emphasizing that meticulous examination of evidence is not necessary.
Court confirmed that charges must be based on prima facie evidence during the discharge stage, and only extremely implausible allegations warrant quashing of charges.
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