Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 186 · Decided 1 March 2023
Vikas Rathi v. The State of U.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 186 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 6
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 644/2023
- Decided
- 1 March 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 319, 164
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : s. 319 - Summoning of additional accused - Murder of a person working in the appellant's firm - Complaint by the brother of the deceased - FIR registered against unknown persons - However, after two months, complaint by the - Appellant listed as a prosecution witness - Application u/s. 319 by the complainant to summon the appellant as accused - Dismissed by the trial court - High Court quashed the order passed by trial court and remanded the matter - On appeal, held: On
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