Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 222 · Decided 9 April 2003
Jarnail Singh and ANR. v. State of Haryana and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 222 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 460
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 2941/2002
- Decided
- 9 April 2003
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 447; CrPC Section 319; Constitution Article 20(2)
Headnote
Criminal Trial: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 319: Murder-Police case against complainant and accused-Complaint Case against some of the accused thereafter-Accused summoned by the Court of Sessions-Upheld by High Court-Discretionary power of the Court-Exercise of-Held: The prosecution any person who appears to have committed an offence to achieve criminal ji1stice-Hence summons of accused in exercise of discretionary power was proper and legal-Article 20(2) not violated­ Constitution of India, 1950; Article 20(2)-Penal Code, 1860-Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307 and
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