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Section 245 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
245.When accused shall be discharged.-
(1) If, upon taking all the evidence referred to in section 244, the Magistrate considers, for reasons to be recorded, that no case against the accused has been made out which, if unrebutted, would warrant his conviction, the Magistrate shall discharge him.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a Magistrate from discharging the accused at any previous stage of the case if, for reasons to be recorded by such Magistrate, he considers the charge to be groundless.
Related Sections
- Section 71: Power to direct security to be taken
- Section 419: Direction of warrant for execution
- Section 64: Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 80: Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
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