Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
245.When accused shall be discharged.-
(1) If, upon taking all the evidence referred
to in section 244, the Magistrate considers, for reasons to be recorded, that
no case against the accused has been made out which, if unrebutted, would
warrant his conviction, the Magistrate shall discharge him.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a Magistrate from
discharging the accused at any previous stage of the case if, for reasons to be
recorded by such Magistrate, he considers the charge to be groundless.