Mohd. Shafi vs Mohd. Rafiq & Anr on 9 April, 2007
4. Secondly it was (sic) argued that there was no prima facie evidence of the applicant's involvement in the offence and that the said summoning order under Section 319 Cr. P.C. was against the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Palanisamy Gounder and Anr. v. State represented by Inspector of Police reported in (2005) 12 SCC, 327 and Mohd. Shafi v. Mohd. Rafiq and Anr. and the Court ought to have recorded the finding that there was no prospect of the applicant's conviction, and refuse to have summoned the applicant in exercise of powers under Section 319 Cr PC I find no merit in this contention liaised by the learned Counsel for the applicant This question is no more res integra that there was no fetter on the court in summoning a person as an accused only on the basis of (sic) examination-in-chief and it was not imperatives that the witness must be cross-examined before an accused is summoned.