S.319 Cr PC| Person Not Named In FIR Can Be Added As Accused If There's Sufficient Evidence Of His Involvement : Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court recently upheld an order of Allahabad High Court which dismissed an appeal filed by a person, who was not named in the FIR, under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against a summoning order to face the trial passed by a
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The Supreme Court has upheld an order of the Allahabad High Court, which dismissed an appeal filed by a person not named in an FIR under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against a summoning order to face trial passed by a Special Court in exercise of power under Section 319 of CrPC. The Court observed that Section 319, CrPC, which envisages a discretionary power, empowers the court holding a trial to proceed against any person not shown or mentioned as an accused if it appears from the evidence that such person has committed a crime for which he ought to be tried together with the accused who is facing trial.
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- The Supreme Court recently upheld an order of Allahabad High Court which dismissed an appeal filed by a person, who was not named in the FIR, under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against a summoning order to face the trial passed by a Special Court in exercise of power its under Sect...
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