Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 724 · Decided 16 May 2008
Sayeeda Farhana Shamim v. State of Bihar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 724 · [2008] 9 S.C.R. 64
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 928/2008
- Decided
- 16 May 2008
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, AFTAB ALAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 323, 406, 498A; CrPC Section 244(2), 246(6), 244, 204(2)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 244 (2) and 246 (6) - Supplementary list of witnesses - Furnishing of by com- e plainant - Permissibility - Held: The Magistrate has discre­ tion to summon the witnesses, before closure· of trial, if it ad­ vances the cause of justice - reasons to be recorded.· The question for consideration in the present appeal D is whether supplementary list of witnesses uls 244 Cr.P.C. , E can be furnished by the complainant, in respect of the _., witnesses whose names did not appear in the list as re­ quired u/s 204 (2) Cr.P.C.
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