Supreme Court Reiterates Procedural Safeguards U/S 319 of CRPC To Prevent Misuse Of Power To Summon Additional Accused

[Educator]

It is, thus, manifested from a conjoint reading of the cited decisions that power of summoning Under Section 319 Code of Criminal Procedure is not to be exercised routinely and the existence of more than a prima facie case is sine quo non to summon an additional Accused. We may hasten to add that with a view to prevent the frequent misuse of power to summon additional Accused Under Section 319