Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 355 · Decided 6 July 2010
Shivjee Singh v. Nagendra Tiwary and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 355 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 667
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1158/2010
- Decided
- 6 July 2010
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 27; CrPC Section 202(2), 482, 202(Z); Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.202(2), proviso­ Interpretation of - Whether examination of all witnesses cited A B in the complaint is sine qua non for taking cognizance by a C Magistrate in a case exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions - Held, No - Even though in terms of the to direct the. complainant to produce all his witnesses and examine them on oath, failure or inability of the complainant or omission on D his part to examine one or some of the witnesses cited in the complaint or whose names are furnished in compliance of the direction issued by the
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