Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Criminal Procedure Case — Clarifies Cognizance and Summoning of Accused. The court held that the Magistrate can summon additional accused based on available material, irrespective of their inclusion in the charge sheet under Section 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....
The case involved an appeal against a High Court order that had set aside the summoning of an additional accused in a criminal case. The appellant, a public limited company, had lodged an FIR against ...
