P&H: Upholds Summoning of Petitioners as Additional Accused u/s.319 CrPC, Court can exercise power u/s.319 even on basis of examination-in-chief and need not wait for cross-examination

(i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.319 — Summoning of additional accused — Opinion of investigating agency or fact that person was kept in Column No. 2 does not create any embargo on jurisdiction of trial Court to summon such person if evidence emerges during trial....

(iii) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.319 — Summoning of additional accused — Stage of exercise of power — Court can exercise power u/s.319 even on basis of examination-in-chief and need not wait for cross-examination if the requisite degree of satisfaction is reached. (Paras 10 and...

(iii) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.319 — Summoning of additional accused — Revision against summoning order — Where trial Court records reasons and testimony of witness discloses active involvement of proposed accused, order cannot be said to be arbitrary, perverse or suffering from jurisdictional error...