Supreme Court of India

Juhru & Ors v. Karim & Anr.

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 519
Bench Surya Kant and J.K. Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 21 February 2023

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

Judgment, page 6

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 319 – Additio nal accused – Summoning of –Appeal filed by the father- in- law(appellant no.1), sister-in-law(appellant no.2), and brother-in- law(appellant no.3) of the deceased against the Hig h Court judgment wherein the High Court summoned them u/s 31 9 of the CrPC, 1973 as additional accused – Earlier, respond ent no. 1 (brother of the deceased woman) had filed an FIR u/s 304B, 498A , 406, 323 and 34 IPC against the husband of the dece ased, the mother-in-law of the deceased, and the abovementioned appellants – The investigating agency did not find

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