Bombay High Court Holds Amendment to Section 202 CrPC Mandatory for Accused Residing Outside Jurisdiction — Larger Bench Resolves Conflict in Favor of Mandatory Inquiry Before Issuance of Process. The provision requiring inquiry before process when accused resides outside jurisdiction is mandatory, as held by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Re: Expeditious Trial of Cases under Section 138 of N.I. Act, 1881....
The case involves a reference to a larger Bench of the Bombay High Court to resolve a cleavage of opinion on whether the amendment to Section 202(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), whi...
