Section 262.   When accused shall be discharged.

(1) The accused may prefer an application for discharge within a period of sixty
days from the date of framing of charges.
(2) If, upon considering the police report and the documents sent with it under
section 293 and making such examination, if any, of the accused as the Magistrate thinks
necessary and after giving the prosecution and the accused an opportunity of being heard,
the Magistrate considers the charge against the accused to be groundless, he shall discharge
the accused, and record his reasons for so doing.