CrPC 464 — Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) No finding, sentence or order by a
Court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed invalid merely on the ground that no charge was framed or on the
ground  of  any  error,  omission  or  irregularity  in  the charge  including  any  misjoinder  of  charges,  unless,  in  the opinion of the Court of appeal, confirmation or revision, a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby.
(2) If  the  Court  of  appeal,  confirmation  or  revision,  is  of  opinion  that  a  failure  of  justice  has  in  fact  been occasioned, it may,—
(a) in  the  case  of  an  omission  to  frame  a  charge,  order  that  a  charge  be  framed,  and  that  the  trial  be
recommended from the point immediately after the framing of the charge;
(b) in the case of an error, omission or irregularity in the charge, direct a new trial to be had upon a charge
framed in whatever manner it thinks fit:
Provided that if the Court is of opinion that the facts of the case are such that no valid charge could be preferred against the accused in respect of the facts proved, it shall quash the conviction.

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