Devi vs The Executive Magistrate-Cum on 3 January, 2020
29 The issue can be looked at from yet another dimension too. It is
beyond cavil that the proceedings under Sections 107 to 110 Cr.P.C. are judicial in
nature. The law in this regard is well settled. Exactly a century ago, a Full Bench
of this Court, in Yeluchuri Venkatachennaya and Others vs. Emperor7, noticed
that the proceedings under Section 107 Cr.P.C. approximated to a regular trial
under the Code. Speaking for the Court, Wallis, C.J. held: