Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 371 · Decided 14 March 2019
Periyasami and ORS. v. S. Nallasamy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 371 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 1005
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 456/2019
- Decided
- 14 March 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 448, 294(b), 506; CrPC Section 319, 161
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 319 - Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence - Application u/s. 319, to summon accused named in the application as additional accused - Rejected by the magistrate, however, allowed by the High Court - On summoned only if there is more than prima facie case as is required at the time of framing of charge but which is less than the satisfaction required at the time of conclusion of the trial convicting the accused - On facts, in FIR or in the statements recorded u/s. 161, the names of the
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