Supreme Court of India

Brindaban Das and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 87
Bench Altamas Kabir and Markandey Katju JJ.
Decided 7 January 2009

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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s.319 - Power of trial court to proceed against other c persons appearing to be guilty of offence - Persons not named in FIR, nor mentioned in charge-sheet, nor sent up for trial, but after two years of their discharge from the case, trial court issuing warrants of arrest against them - Held: In order to invoke power uls 319, court is not merely required to take note of the fact that name of a person has surfaced during trial but it has also to consider whether the evidence would be sufficient to convict him - In the instant case, on the evidence adduced as

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