Supreme Court of India

Shankar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 10
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Aravind Kumar JJ.
Decided 2 May 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that though only a prima facie case is 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

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether there is sufficient material against the appellant prompting the trial court to pass a summoning order u/s. 319 Cr.P. . Headnotes Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 319 – Summoning order u/s. 319 – Legality of – Appellants facing trial for offence u/s. 302 – Summoning order passed u/s. 319 by the trial court – High Court refused to quash the summoning order – Correctness: Held: Degree of satisfaction required to exercise power u/s. 319 is much stricter, considering that it is a discretionary and an extra- ordinary power – Only when the evidence is strong and

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