Hardeep Singh vs State Of Punjab . on 10 January, 2014
88. At the time of taking cognizance, the court has to see whether a
prima facie case is made out to proceed against the accused. Under
Section 319 Cr.P.C., though the test of prima facie case is the same,
the degree of satisfaction that is required is much stricter. A two-
Judge Bench of this Court in Vikas v. State of Rajasthan, 2013 (11)
SCALE 23, held that on the objective satisfaction of the court a
person may be ’arrested’ or ’summoned’, as the circumstances of the
case may require, if it appears from the evidence that any such person
not being the accused has committed an offence for which such person
could be tried together with the already arraigned accused persons.