Power under Section 319 CrPC to summon additional accused should be exercised only when strong evidence exists: Supreme Court

THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA : LITIGATION UPDATES

The power to summon an additional accused under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is a discretionary and an extraordinary power and the same should be exercised only sparingly and when strong and cogent evidence exists against such person, the Supreme Court recently held 

[Vikram Rathi v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another].

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