Code Of Criminal Procedure
Union Of India vs Prafulla Kumar Samal [1979] 2 S.C.R. 229 :: 1978 INSC 223
In this case, the Supreme Court laid down the following principles on the scope of Section 227 CrPC: (1) That the Judge while considering the question of framing the charges under section 227 of the Code has the undoubted power to sift and weigh the evidence for the limited purpose