Section 228 CrPC: Detailed Reasons Need Not Be Recorded While Framing Charges, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that for framing the charges under Section 228 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a trial judge is not required to record detailed reasons. The bench of Justice R. Banumathi, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hrishikesh Roy observed that, at the stage of framing the charge, the court is not required to hold an elaborate enquiry; only prima facie case is to...