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Without ground or foundation wanting cause or reason for support not authorized false baseless as groundless fear a groundless report rumor or assertion...
Notionality
A notional or groundless opinion...
Bill in criminal cases
Bill in criminal cases. Grand Juries were abolished by the (English) Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 36), from 1st September, 1933, except in certain cases [s. 1 (9)]. S. 2 of the Act provides for the new procedure. Until this Act was passed the bill was an indictment of a crime or misdemeanour preferred to a grand jury; evidence in support of it was adduced; if the grand jury thought it a groundless accusation, they endorsed 'not a true bill,' or 'not found,' and then the party was discharged without further answer, but a fresh bill might afterwards be preferred to a subsequent grand jury. If they were satisfied of the truth of the accusation, they then endorsed upon it 'a true bill'; the indictment was then said to be found and the party stood his trial....
Charged with and tried for an offence
Charged with and tried for an offence, The words 'charged with and tried for an offence' mean that there are accusations and allegations against the person. The words 'charged with' are used in s. 5(1)(a) of the Criminal Law Amendment (Amending) Act, 1966 in contra-distinction to the words 'charges have already been framed' in s. 5(1)(b) of the Act. Therefore the use of separate words in the two separate cls. (a) and (b) is significant to indicate that the statute speaks of the words 'charged with' in cl. (a) not in the sense of 'charges have been framed' in cl. (b). The legislative intent is abundantly clear from the use of separate words. Ss. 251, 251A, 252, 253 and 254 of the Cr PC provided that the Magistrate may discharge the accused where the charge against the accused appears to be groundless indicates that the words 'charged with' cannot be said to mean framing of a charge, Lt. Col. S.K. Kashyap v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1971 SC 1120 (1129): (1971) 2 SCC 126....
Discharge
Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title.A rule nisi is discharged when the Court decides that it shall not be made absolute, i.e., that the party who obtained the rule nisi should take nothing, and the suit remain in statu quo. See RULE.In a warrant case instituted otherwise than on a police report, 'discharge' or 'acquittal' of accused are distinct concepts applicable to different stages of the proceedings in Court. The legal effect and incidents of 'discharge' and 'acquittal' are also different. An order of discharge in a warrant case instituted on complaint, can be made only after the process has been issued and before the charge is framed. S. 253(1) shows that as a general rule there can be no order of discharge unless the evidence of all the prosecution witnesses has been taken and the Magistrate considers for reasons to be recorded, in the light of the...
Ignore
Ignore, to throw out a bill of indictment.Ignore, means to refuse to notice, recognise, or consider. To reject as groundless, to no bill, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 750....
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