Supreme Court of India

Labhuji Amratji Thakor & Ors. v. The State of Gujarat & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 822
Bench A. K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 13 November 2018

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We hold that though only a prima facie case is to be established from the evidence led before the court, not necessarily 827 tested on the anvil of cross-examination, it requires much stronger evidence than mere probability of his complicity.

Judgment, page 5

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 319 – Power under – Scope of – Application under s. 319, alleging complicity of the appellants in a case trying of fences u/ss. 363 and 366 IPC and u/ss. 3 and 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – Application was rejected – In Rev ision High Court allowed the application – On appeal, held: Power u/s. 319 is discretionary and extraordinary, which should be exercised sparingly – The test to be applied is one which is more than prima facie case as exercised at the time of framing of charge, but short of satisfaction to the extent that

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