Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 21 · Decided 10 January 2014
Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 21 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1750/2008
- Decided
- 10 January 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI, S.A. BOBDE (5-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 193, 319, 398; Evidence Act Section 3; Constitution
Headnote
. . ' . , \ ,\ - · CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: -- •''- . - - s.31.9 ~·Power to.proceed against other person appearing . to be guilty pf offence.~ Stage of excise of power - Held: can be' exercised at anytime after th'e charge-sheet A B c is filed and before the pronouncement of judgment - s. 319 uses the expressions 'inquiry'..and 'trial'..- Stage of inquiry D commences, insofar 'as the. court is. concerned, with. filing of charge-sheet and consideration of material
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