Supreme Court of India

Guriya@tabassum Tauquir and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 385
Bench Arijit Pasayat J.
Decided 28 September 2007

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3: .. s. 319-Nature and scope of-Held: The power under the c provision is discretionary and extraordinary-It can be exercised by Court suo motu as well as on application-Court has the jurisdiction to direct trial of a person not an accused before it-But such jurisdiction has to be used sparingly and only when compelling reasons exist for such action. " s. 319-Trial of accused-Not originally arraigned as accused- -.. Permissibility-Trial sought on the basis of evidence of witness examined on permission of Court after closure of prosecution evidence and recording

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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