Reviewed case brief
Mohan Baitha v. State of Bihar
(2001) 4 SCC 350
Authority on the law of joinder and misjoinder of charges, and when misjoinder vitiates the trial.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2001
- Subjects
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Rule established
Misjoinder of charges or persons is a curable irregularity under S.218 CrPC (now S.252 BNSS) and does not vitiate trial unless failure of justice has actually occurred. Separate trials are the rule; joint trial is the exception requiring nexus between offences.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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