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Govindasamy, Palaniswamy, ... vs State By Inspector Of Police on 23 October, 2003

10. The provisions of Section 319 Cr.P.C is discretionary and an extra ordinary power given to the Court in order to do the complete justice. This extra ordinary power is to be exercised sparingly and only in the cases where the circumstances of the case so warrants. This extra ordinary power can not be exercised just on the asking of the prosecution or the complainant as the summoning of a person as an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter and adversely effects the liberty of a citizen. The Hon'ble Apex Court in case Palanisamy Gounder & Anr V. State, represented by Inspector of Police, (2005) 12 SCC 327, has deprecated the practice of invoking the power under Section 319 Cr.P.C just to conduct a fishing inquiry in the absence of any valid ground to proceed against the persons ought to be summoned as additional accused.

Hardeep Singh vs State Of Punjab & Ors on 10 January, 2014

16. As already mentioned there is no medical SANJAY KHAN 2015.04.27 14:34 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document chandigarh Criminal Revision No. 4019 of 2014 11 evidence to support the allegations against petitioner Chander that she has given a brick bat blow on the right leg of prosecution witness Dilbag. Simply the statement of the complainant Ram Niwas will not meet out the standards laid down by the Hon'le Apex Court in Hardeep Singh's case (Supra) to invoke the extra-ordinary provisions of Section 319 Cr.P.C to summon the petitioners as additional accused.
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