P&H: Upholds Summoning of Additional Accused Under Section 319 CrPC where Complainant has specifically named petitioner in FIR and testimony
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld an order summoning Pawan Kumar @ Johny as an additional accused in a Sangrur assault case, ruling that the trial court had validly exercised its power under Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code after evidence surfaced during trial.
The case arose from an FIR lodged by complainant Ravi Kumar, who alleged that on December 6, 2021, his scooty was hit from behind by a Ford Figo car near Patiala Gate, Sangrur. He claimed that several persons then surrounded him and attacked him with weapons including a sword, iron rods and an...