Supreme Court of India
Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
In the result we set aside the impugned order of the Sessions Court adding the appellant as an accused in the case.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
riminal Procedure Code, 1973 : Sections 319 read with Sections 209 and 193, 227, 228, 229, 231 and 482-Power of Sessions Court to array a new person as an accused under Section 319-Held, cannot be invoked prior to evidence collection stage Except Section 319, there is no intermediary stage at which Court of Session can add to the array of accused-Till the stage of Section 230 is reached, Sessions Court can deal on(v with the accused referred to in Section 209- But Sessions Court purporting to act under Section 319 need not wait till the entire evidence has been collected-However, if Sessions
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Jile Singh v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 2025 Kallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr.
- 2014 R. N. Agarwal v. R. C. Bansal & Ors.
- 2013 Moti Lal Songara v. Prem Prakash @ Pappu and Anr.
- 2013 Dharam Pal & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable
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