Charge Sheet Law and Legal Definition
Charge sheet refers to a formal police record showing the names of each person brought into custody, the nature of the accusations, and the identity of the accusers. It is also known as four part charging instrument containing:
1.information about the accused and the witnesses;
2.the charges and specifications;
3.the preferring of charges and their referral to a summary;
4.for the trial record.
A charge sheet is distinct from the First Information Report (FIR), which is the core document that describes a crime that has been committed. It usually refers to one or more FIRs, and charges an individual or organization for (some or all of) the crimes specified in those FIR(s). Once the charge sheet has been submitted to a court of law, prosecution proceedings against the accused begin in the judicial system.
