Omission to sign order sheet on framing charges won’t vitiate Trial

Sandeep Yadav Vs Satish & Others (Supreme Court of India) Conclusion: The absence of a signature on the charge-framing order sheet was a curable procedural defect and did not vitiate the trial, particularly where the accused was duly informed of and understood the charges against them. Held: An FIR was registered in 2007 for offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 involving murder, attempt to murder, and unlawful assembly. Charges were purportedly framed in 2009; however, the formal charge remained unsigned due to the absence of one accused. The trial proceeded for over a decade, with e...