Supreme Court of India

Shivjee Singh v. Nagendra Tiwary and Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 667
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 6 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

We hold that examination of all the witnesses cited in the complaint or whose names are disclosed by the complainant in furtherance of the direction given by the Magistrate in terms of proviso to Section 202(2) is not a condition precedent for taking cognizance and SHIVJEE SINGH v.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.202(2), proviso­ Interpretation of - Whether examination of all witnesses cited in the complaint is sine qua non for taking cognizance by a Magistrate in a case exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions - Held, No - Even though in terms of the proviso to s.202(2), the Magistrate is required to direct the. complainant to produce all his witnesses and examine them on oath, failure or inability of the complainant or omission on his part to examine one or some of the witnesses cited in the complaint or whose names are furnished in compliance of the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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