Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1252 · Decided 5 December 2022
Sukhpal Singh Khaira v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1252 · [2022] 10 S.C.R. 156
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 885/2019
- Decided
- 5 December 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, A.S. BOPANNA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, B.V. NAGARATHNA (5-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 319
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : s. 319 - Power to summon additional accused under - When the trial with respect to other co- accused has ended and the judgment of conviction rendered on the same date before pronouncing Held: Power u/s. 319 has to be exercised before the pronouncement of the order of sentence where there is a judgment of conviction of the accused - In the case of acquittal, the power should be exercised before the order of acquittal is pronounced - In case of conviction,
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