Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 860 · Decided 16 July 2025
Shiv Baran v. State of U.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 860 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3008/2025
- Decided
- 16 July 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, JOYMALYA BAGCHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 504, 506, 452, 323, 325; CrPC Section 319
Headnote
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court quashing the summons issued against respondent u/s.319 CrPC by the trial court. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.319 - Power to proceed against other persons appearing - High Court quashed the summons issued against respondent u/s.319 by the trial court - Challenge to: Held: Summoning order passed by the trial court restored and the impugned order set aside - Power u/s.319 must be exercised sparingly - However, where the evidence
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